BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 525 



Dr. Abbott gives the soft parts as: Iris dark brown; bill black (male), 

 horny yellow (female); feet flesh color, claws horny brown. 



Ten males from the Malay Peninsula and Central Siam measure: 

 Wing, 65-72.5 (70); tail, 41-48.5 (46.9); culmen, 16.5-17.5 (17) mm. 

 Eight females from the Malay Peninsula and Central Siam: Wing, 

 66-72 (68.6); tail, 41.5-47 (44.4); culmen, 16-17 (16.7) mm. 



There are only two males from northern Siam. They measure: 

 Wing, 71-73 mm. The four females from northern Siam have wing 

 measurements of 68, 68, 68.5, and 69 mm. 



The wings of the Malay Peninsula specimens average slightly 

 smaller than those from central and northern Siam, but the difl'erence 

 is very slight. The latter are probably intergrades toward the 

 northern Burmese form, P. p. burmanicus Ticehurst, but nearer the 

 Malay race. 



P. p. infortunatus ranges from Java, Sumatra, and the Malay States 

 northward through Peninsular Siam to Tenasserim, southern Burma, 

 eastern Bengal and Siam and eastward to Laos, central Annam, and 

 Cochinchma. In Siam it occurs practicall}^ throughout the country 

 from the northern boundary south to Patani and beyond and is resi- 

 dent. 



Herbert ^^ reports it common in the vicinity of Bangkok, breeding 

 in colonies from the first half of May until as late as August 22, 

 according to season. He describes the nest and eggs. 



PLOCEUS MANYAR PEGUENSIS Baker 



Ploceus manyor peguensis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 45, p. 58, 1925 (Pegu). 



One male. Bung Borapet, June 24, 1932. 



This specimen is in nonbreeding plumage and has been compared 

 with a pair from Java of P. m. manyar in similar plumage. It is less 

 buffy on the chest and flanks, and the abdomen is more extensively 

 white. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ records it from Chienghai, northern Siam. William- 

 son ^^ reports it resident at Bangkok, where Herbert ^^ says it is fairly 

 numerous, breeding from mid-June to as late as September 11, and 

 describes the nest and eggs. 



Probably this weaverbird is of local occurrence, as there are few 

 records for Siam proper and none at all for Peninsular Siam. 



The form ranges from the Himalayan foothills from Garhwal to 

 eastern Annam, Bengal, Burma, Yunnan, Siam, Cambodia, and 

 Annam. 



» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 115, 1923. 



" Kungl. Svenska Vet.Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 29, 1016. 



•« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 2, p. 192, 1917. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 118, 1923. 



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