24 MR. W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 
Family PLT7IDA!— Pittas. 
*27. Pitta nipalensis oatesi(Hume). The Fulvous Pitta. 
Pitta oatesi, Faun. Brit. India, Birds, ii (1830), p. 390. 
1d juv. Muang Wang, Northern Siam, September 1917. 
T. L.190mm. W. 110. 
Mr. H. ©. Robinson, to whom the specimen was submitted for 
opinion, remarks :—‘‘ A very young bird, but almost certainly this 
form.” The forehead, crown and hind-neck have whitish shaft stripes ; 
the feathers of the back, rump, scapulars and upper wing-coverts, 
fulvous to whitish sub-terminal spots ; the sides of the head, throat and 
lower abdomen are whitish with a pink tinge, interspersed with dark 
brown ; and the breast and upper abdomen have terminal whitish spots. 
Family ZOS7EROPIDA— White-eyes. 
*28. Zosterops aureiventer Hume. //ume’s White-eye. 
11¢,62%. Meklong, Central Siam, January and February 1918, 
Males. T.L. 110—115 (average 111.5) mm. W. 49—54 (aver- 
age 52). 
Females, T.L. (all specimens) 110 mm. W. 51—53 (aver- 
age 52). 
My collector reports that he found this bird very common on 
coconut palms, which were then in flower. 
Family CAPITONIDA!— Barbets, 
29. Chotorhea versicolor (Raflles). The Many-coloured 
Barbet. 
53,32. Bangnara, Peninsular Siam, October 1915 and July 
1916. 
Males. T.L.—, —,; —, 277, 278 mm.  W. 1215, 119, 120,708 
Females. T.L. 279, 271, 269 mm. W. 120,119, 114 (subad.). 
This bird has been recorded by Robinson and Kloss from Trang, 
which is also in Peninsular Siam (Ibis, 1911, p. 43), but as no parti- 
culars are given, the above details may be of interest. 
JOURN. NAT, HIST. SOC, SIAM. 
