BIRDS FKOM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 499 



AETHOPYGA SANGUINIPECTA SANGUINIPECTA Walden 



Aethopyga sanguinipecta Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., scr. 4, vol. 15, p. 400, 

 1875 (Tonghoo Hills, Burma). 



One male, Doi vSutep, 3,000 feet, December 15, 1928; two males, 

 Khun Tan, 4,000 feet, September 8, 1930, February 22, 1932; two 

 males, Doi Nangka, November 8, 10, 1930; one male, Doi Hua Mot, 

 August 23, 1934. 



^1. s. wrayi occurs in the mountains of the Malay States but appar- 

 ently has not been taken as far north as Peninsular Siam. It is 

 similar to A. s. sanguinipecta but is darker on the breast and belly, the 

 red striations on the chest are less extensive, the yellow rump band is 

 narrower, and the blue of the head and tail is more purplish. 



Williamson ^^ reports sanguinipecta from Muang Wang, northern 

 Siam. De Schauensee ^* reports it very common on Doi Sutep and 

 descending to the level of the plain at Chiengsen; on this third expedi- 

 tion ^^ he found it common at Chiengmai (Doi Sutep), Khun Tan, 

 and Chiengdao; Deignan ^^ states that on Doi Sutep it occurs between 

 3,500 and 5,500 feet. 



The form ranges from Yunnan through the southern Shan States, 

 Burma, to Muleyit in Tenasserim, northern Siam, Laos, Tonkin, 

 Ajmam, and Cambodia. 



AETHOPYGA ANOMALA Richmond 



Aethopyga anomala Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 22, p. 318, 1900 (Kao 

 Song, Trang, Peninsular Siam). 



Dr. W, L. Abbott collected nine males and six females in Trang 

 (Kao Norn Plu, 3,000 feet, February 20,26, 1897; Kao Song, 2,500 

 feet, March 2, 1897; Kao Nok Ram, 3,000 feet, January 10, 13, 1899; 

 and Kao Soi Dao, 2,500 feet, February 9, 1899). 



Apparently no one has taken this form since Dr. Abbott collected 

 the above series. 



It is quite distinct from A. saturata and I believe it is not a form of 

 that species at all but should be recognized as distinct. It differs 

 from A. saturata in smaller size, in the darker maroon back, and the 

 lack of a yellow rump band. It differs from A. sanguinipecta wrayi in 

 the darker maroon of the back, in lacking the yellow rump band, and 

 in the fewer or absence of the red streaks on the chest; the size is about 

 the same. 



The red streaks on the chest in the male of A. anomala are present 

 In only two of the males before me, and they are very faint. The 

 female of A. anomala resembles the female of A. saturata, but is smaller 



w Journ. Nat. ITist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 23, 19IS. 

 »* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 563, 1929. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol. 80, p. 241, 1934. 

 "Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 155, 1931. 



