NO. 3 AVIAN GENUS PRINIA DEIGNAN 3 



[ = 1867], p. 551) ; I find no points of difference between the birds of 

 northern Tenasserim and those of other parts of southern Burma and 

 unqualifiedly pronounce beavani synonymous with rufescens. 



2. PRINIA RUFESCENS PENINSULARIS, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 160572, collected at Trang, 

 Peninsular Siam, January 20, 1897, by W. L. Abbott. 



Front, crown, and nape brownish slate (summer) ; brownish slate 

 or slaty brown (winter). 



Mantle dark rufous brown (summer and winter). 



Well-marked supraloral streak (often continued beyond the eye as 

 a short supercilium) and the tiny feathers of both eyelids white 

 (summer and winter). 



Under parts white, washed with buff, most strongly along the flanks 

 and on the thighs and under tail-coverts (summer and winter). 



Tail short (summer and winter). 



Range. — Peninsular Siam, from the Isthmus of Kra: south to (but 

 not including) Pattani Province. 



3. PRINIA RUFESCENS EXTREMA, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 308245, collected at Bangna : ra. 

 Peninsular Siam, July 13, 1926, by H. M. Smith. 



Front, crown, and nape dark brownish slate (summer and winter). 



Mantle dark rufescent olivaceous brown (summer and winter). 



Well-marked supraloral streak white (summer and winter). 



Tiny feathers of upper eyelid white, those of lower eyelid mixed 

 white and slaty (summer and winter). 



Under parts white, washed with pale buff, most strongly along the 

 flanks and on the thighs and under tail-coverts (summer and winter). 



Tail short (summer and winter). 



Range. — Peninsular Siam (Pattani Province) and the Malay States, 

 south to Negri Sembilan and Pahang. 



4. PRINIA RUFESCENS OBJURGANS, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 334623, collected at Siracha, 

 southeastern Siam, April 19, 1934, by H. M. Smith. 



Front, crown, and nape brownish slate (summer and winter). 



Mantle dark rufous brown (summer and winter). 



Well-marked supraloral streak white (summer and winter). 



Tiny feathers of upper eyelid mixed white and slaty, those of lower 

 eyelid slaty (summer and winter). 



