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Locustella certhiola minor David and Oustalet 



Locustella minor David and Oustalet, Les oiseaux de la Chine, 



1877, p. 250 (Peking, Hopeh Province, China). 



Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration 



or in winter from the northern plateau (Chiang Mai, Nan), the central 



plains (Bangkok, Samut Songkhram), and the peninsular provinces 



(Surat Thani). 



Genus MEGALURUS Horsfield 



Megalurus palustris toklao (Blyth) 



Turdus toklao "Buchanan Hamilton" Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. 

 Bengal, vol. 12, pt, 1, No. 134, [not earlier than March] 1843, 

 p. 179*. Name made available for Megalurus sp., described 

 ibid., vol. 11, pt. 1, No. 126, [not earlier than July] 1842, p. 603 

 ("in the bazaar [Calcutta]," ex Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 11, 1842, p. 602, and Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 12, 1843, p. 99). 

 Range: Found throughout the year in grasslands of the central 



plains, but also reported, on migration or in winter, from the northern 



plateau (Chiang Mai). 



Genus GRAMINICOLA Jerdon 



Graminicola bengalensis striata Styan 



Oraminicola striata Styan, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, No. 2, Nov. 1, 

 1892, p. vi (Hainan). 

 Range: Recorded only from the southern portion of the central 

 plains (where, however, it has not been found since 1923). 



Genus ORTHOTOMUS Horsfield 



Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus La Touche 



Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 43, No. 272, Nov. 29, 1922, p. 42 (Mengtsz [lat. 23°23' N., 

 long. 103°27' E.], Yunnan Province, China). 

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

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

 south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Orthotomus sutorius maculicolKs Moore 



Orthotomus maculicollis Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 22, 

 No. 279, May 8, 1855, p. 309 (Malacca). 

 Range: The peninsular provinces from Ej-abi to the extreme South. 



