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Genus MELANOCHLORA Lesson 



Melanochlora sultanea sultanea (Hodgson) 



[Parus] SuUaneus Hodgson, The India Review and Journal of 

 Foreign Science and the Arts, vol. 2, No. 1, April 1837, p. 31 

 ([Nepal]). 

 Range: The northern plateau, on the West south to Tak, and the 

 northwestern portion of the eastern plateau (Loei). 



Melanochlora sultanea flavo-cristata (Lafresnaye) 



P[arus]. flavo-cristatus Lafresnaye, Magasin de Zoologie, ann. 7, 

 livr. 1, [not earlier than January] 1837, "CI. II, pi. 80" ("lies 

 de la Sonde"; type locality restricted to Sumatra, by Robinson 

 and Boden Kloss, in 1918, Jide Chasen, A handlist of Malaysian 

 birds, 1935, p. 261). 

 Range: The southern portion of the eastern plateau, the south- 

 eastern provinces, and the southwestern and peninsular provinces to 

 the extreme South. 



Genus SYLVIPARUS Burton 



Sylvi parus modestus saturatior Rippon 



Sylviparus saturatior Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 16, No. 

 124, May 8, 1906, p. 87 (Mount Victoria, Kanpetlet District, 

 Magwe Division, Burma). 

 Range: Reported from high mountains of the northern plateau 

 (Chiang Mai). 



FamUy SITTIDAE 

 Genus SITTA Linnaeus 



Sitta europaea delacouri Deignan 



Sitta europsea delacouri Deignan, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 



vol. 28, No. 8, Aug. 15, 1938, p. 372 (Doi Suthep [lat. 18°50' 



N., long. 98°55' E.], Chiang Mai Province, Thailand). 



Range: Reported from the higher mountains of the western part of 



the northern plateau (Chaiya Prakan, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai). 



Sitta europaea tonkinensis Kinnear 



Sitta castanea tonkinensis Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 56, 

 No. 392, Jan. 31, 1936, p. 71 (Nape [lat. 18°18' N., long. 

 105°05' E.], Thakkek Province, Laos). 

 Range: Reported from the Mae Khong drainage of the northern 

 plateau (Doi Hua Mot [lat. 19°07' N., long. 99°20' E.]). 



