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Halcyon chloris armstrongi Bowdler Sliarpe 



Halcyon armstrongi Bowdler Sliarpe, Catalogue of the birds in 

 the British Museum, vol. 17, 1892, p. 277, pi. 7, fig. 1 ("the 

 Sunderbunds to Burmah, Tenasseriin, and Siam, south to the 

 Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and Northern Borneo"; type 

 specimen from "Siam,"j/?(/e Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 55, 1919, p. 374; type locality here restricted to Bangkok, 

 Thailand). 

 Range: Along the eastern coast from Trat to the Isthmus of Kra. 



Halcyon chloris humii Bowdler Sharpe 



Halcyon humii Bowdler Sharpe, Catalogue of the birds in the 

 British Museum, vol. 17, 1892, p. 281, pi. 8 ("Siam to the 

 Malayan Peninsula and Sumatra"; type specimen from Jeram 

 [lat. 3°13' N., long. 101 °19' E.], Selangor State, Malaya, 

 fide Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 55, 1919, p. 372). 

 Range: Along the whole length of the western coast and along the 

 eastern coast from the Isthmus of Kra to the extreme South. 



Halcyon concreta peristephes Deignan 



Halcyon concreta peristephes Deignan, Journ. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 36, No. 12, Dec. 31, 1946, p. 428 (Khao Luang 



[lat. 11°40' N., long 99°35' E.], Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, 



Thailand). 



Range: The peninsular provinces from Prachuap Khiri Khan to 



Trang. 



Family MEROPIDAE 

 Genus MEROPS Linnaeus 



Merops lescbenaulti leschenaulti Vieillot 



Merojjs Leschenaulti Vieillot, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire 

 natiu-elle, nouv. ed., tome 14, September 1817, p. 17 ("Java," 

 ex Levaillant, error; type locality corrected to Ceylon, by 

 Whistler and Kinnear, Journ. Bomba}^ Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 37, 

 1935, p. 758). 

 Range: Throughout the country from Chiang Rai to the extreme 

 South. 



Merops philippinus javanicus Horsfield 



Merops Javanicus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, 

 pt. 1, May 1821, p. 171 (Java). 

 Range: Found throughout the country from Chiang Rai to the 

 extreme South (during the cold season restricted to the southernmost 

 provinces) . 



