BIRDS FKOM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 501 



Robinson and Kloss " described A. n. australis from Kao Luang, 

 Nakon Sritamarat. 



LEPTOCOMA BRASHJANA PHAYREI (BIyth) 



Neciarinia phayrei Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, p. 1008, 1843 

 (Arracan) . 



Five males, Bangnara, Patani, May 16, 1924, July 14, 20, 1926; 

 two males, Yala, Patani, February 1, 1931; one male, Thalo, Bandon, 

 September 13, 1931; two immature males and two immature females, 

 Koh Pangan, July 25-31, 1931; one male, Lem Sing, Cliantabun, 

 June 14, 1926; two males, Kao Sabap, Cliantabun, January 5, 1930; 

 November 6, 1933; two males and one female, Kao Seming, Krat, 

 October 11, 15, 1928; one male, Nakon Nayok, November 16, 1929; 

 four males and one female, Koh Chang, April 5, 1924, January 8-15, 

 1926. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected eight males and one female in Trang 

 (Prahmon, February 23 and March 4, 1896; Tyching, August 9, 1896; 

 La}^ Song Hong, September 25, 1896; Trang, January 4, 1897, March 

 4, 1899); one male, Pulo Langkawi, December 8, 1899; two males, 

 Pulo Adang, Butang Islands, December 15 and 17, 1899; one male 

 and one female in Tenasserim (Tanjong Badak, January 7, 1900, 

 and Bok P5''in, February 11, 1900); one male and two females, Heifer 

 Island, Mergui Archipelago, March 5, 6, 1900; two males, Singapore 

 Island, May 18 and 21, 1899. 



All the males with two or three exceptions, from the Malay Penin- 

 sula and more northern localities in Siam have the rump violet-purple 

 or a shining coppery green with a violet iridescence. Two males 

 from Java (brasiliana) have the rump a shining dusky green-blue. 

 Two or three of the males from the Malay-Siamese series have the 

 rump green, yet there is a slight purple iridescence in certain lights 

 and the green is not exactly the same as in the Java males. 



The four immature specimens (two males and two females) from 

 Koh Pangan are grayer on the back and deeper 3^ellow below than 

 the adult females; one of the males has a single metallic-green feather 

 appearing on the side of the nape. 



L. b. phayrei ranges from the southern end of the Malay Peninsula 

 northward to southern Burma and southern Siam. 



Robinson and Kloss ^^ report that it is commoner in the north of 

 the Peninsula, especially near the sea and on islands, than it appears 

 to be in the south. Dr. Smith did not find it in northern Siam, nor 

 are there any records that I am aware of from that part of the country, 

 but it occurs in southeastern Siam and will probably be found even- 

 tually near the coast in southern Siam. 



»' Bull. Brit Orn. Club, vol. 44. p 14, 1923. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 370, 1924. 



