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Dicrurus hottentottus brevirostris (Cabanis) 



T[richometopus]. brevirostris Cabanis, in Cabanis and Heine, 



Museum Heineanum, theil 1, 1851, p. 112 (China). 



Range: A visitor from the North, reported on migration or in 



winter from the northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern 



provinces, the central plains, and the southwestern and peninsular 



provinces from Kanchanaburi to the Isthmus of Kra. 



Dicrurus hottentottus hottentottus (Linnaeus) 



[Cormis]. hottentottus Linnaeus, Systema natm-ae, ed. 12, torn. 1, 

 1766, p. 155 ("Cap. b. spei," error; type locality altered to 

 Sikkim, by Stuart Baker, Nov. Zool., vol. 26, 1919, p. 44, and 

 to "the region between Ayuthia and the head of the Gulf [of 

 Siam]," by Boden Kloss, Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., 

 vol. 10, 1921, p. 223, but corrected to Chandernagore, Hooghly 

 District, Bengal State, India, by Stresemann, Ibis, vol. 94, 

 1952, pp. 517, 521). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the southeastern prov- 

 inces, the central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces 

 south to Prachuap Khu'i Khan. 



Dicrurus paradiseus rangoonensis (Gould) 



Edolius Rangoonensis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 4, 



No. 37, Apr. 9, 1836, p. 5 (Rangoon Town District, Pegu 



Division, Burma). 



Range: The northern plateau and the northern part of the eastern 



plateau (Loei, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Sakon Nakhon, Khon 



Kaen) . 



Dicrurus paradiseus malabaricus (Latham) 



[Lanius] malabaricus Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 1, 1790, 

 p. 66 (Malabar Coast, ex Sonnerat; type locality here restricted 

 to Mahe, Malabar District, Madras State, India) . 

 Range: The southern part of the eastern plateau, the southeastern 

 provinces, the central plains, and the western and peninsular prov- 

 inces from Tak to the Isthmus of Kra. 



Dicrurus paradiseus paradiseus (Linnaeus) 



[Cuculus] paradiseus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed, 12, tom. 1, 

 1766, p. 172 ("Siam"; type locahty restricted to "the region 

 between Ayuthia and the head of the Gulf," by Boden Kloss, 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, 1919, p. 453, but corrected 

 to Mergui, Mergui District, Tenasserim Division, Burma, by 

 Stresemann, Ibis, vol. 94, 1952, pp. 509, 519). 



