Coast and Islands of South-eastern Siam. 729 



This appears to be a fully adult male, the crest being 

 black, about an inch long, the feathers white at the bases. 

 Colour above brownish black, darker on the head ; sides of 

 the head grey, paler on the lores, chin dark grey, throat 

 black ; rest of under surface dark brown, the bases of the 

 feathers white. Tail with three greyish-white bars and a 

 narrow tip, the two upper bars narrow. Wing 16"9 in. 



Spilornis cheela nitherfordi. 



Spilomis rutherfordi Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 85. 



Spilornis cheela (part.), Sharpe, Cat. i. 1874, p. 287 ; 

 Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 1895, p. 357. 



Spilornis cheela rutherfurdi Gyldenstolpe, p. 62. 



a. ? vix ad. Koh Mak 1., S.E. Siam. 19 Dec, 1914. 



"Iris lemon; orbital skin and cere lemon; bill plumbeous 

 horny; feet lemon, claws black." — C. B. K. 



This bird is somewhat immature, having the ends of the 

 secondaries broadly and the feathers of the upper wing- 

 coverts and back narrowly tipped with white. Chin and 

 throat brown, and breast obscurely undulated, but not 

 distinctly barred. Wing about 16*5 inches, decidedly 

 larger than specimens from the south of the Malay Peninsula, 

 but about the same size as those from Trang and Bandon. 

 S. c. rutherfordi and S. c. pallidus Walden grade into each 

 other. 



Ketupa ketupa. 



Ketupa ketupa (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. i. 1899, p. 281. 



Ketvpa javanensis Less. ; Sharpe, Cat. ii. 1875, p. 8 ; 

 Gyldenstolpe, p. 61. 



a, Z>. 1 ^ , 1 ? . Ok Yam, Franco-Siamese Boundary 

 (on coast). 1-3 Jan., 1915. 



"Iris yellow; bill plumbeous horny; feet dirty white.^' 

 — C. B. K. 



The male is somewhat richly coloured, with the stripes on 

 the breast rather broad, but can be matched in both these 

 respects by specimens from the Malay Peninsula. 



