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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BIRD-RECORDS FROM SIAM. 25 
Family PICID.A— Woodpeckers, 
30. Miglyptes grammithorax ( Malh.}. The Fulvous- 
rumped Barred Woodpecker. 
3¢,12. Bangnara, Peninsular Siam, November 1915 and 
July 1916. 
Males. T.L. —, 185,184 mm. W. 97, 95, 95. 
Female. T.L.175 mm. W. 97. 
Ogilvie-Grant has recorded this bird from Bukit Besar, Nawng 
Chik, Patani (Fase. Malay., Zool. iii (1905), p. 98), and Robinson and 
Kloss from Trang (Ibis, 1911, p.46). Mr. IX. G. Gairdner also ob- 
tained a specimen at Sai Yoke, Western Siam, in April 1915 (identi- 
fied by the British Museum), in evergreen jungle. The last-mention- 
ed record marks a considerable northward extension of the local habitat 
of the bird—Sai Yoke being in Lat. 14’. 23’ N., or about 7 degrees 
north ot Trang. This woodpecker is essentially a Malayan form, and, 
according to Blanford (Faun. Brit. India, Birds, iii (1895), p. 53), ex- 
tends northwards into Tenasserim about as far as Tavoy, which (it 
may be noted) is in approximately the same latitude as Sai Yoke. 
Family CUCULIDA— Cuckoos. 
31. Chalcococcyx xanthorhyachus (Horsf.). Zhe Violet 
Cuckoo. 
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus, Faun. Brit. India, Birds, iii (1895), 
p- 221. 
Chaleococcyx xanthorhynchus, Ogilvie-Grant, Fasc. Malay., Zool. 
ili (1905), p. 105 ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 41. 
13 ad. Bangnara, Peninsular Siam, August 1916. 
fi. 181 mm.) Wi 101, 
1d imm. Bangkok, Central Siam, March 1918. 
T.L. 165 mm... W. 99. 
Iris lightish brown. Base of bill and gape reddish orange, 
remainder dusky to dark horn. Mouth reddish orange. Eyelids red- 
dish orange. Legs dusky green. Claws dark horn. 
The only previous records I can trace are those of Ogilvie-Grant 
and of Robinson and Kloss, above-mentioned, and it is to be noted that 
the specimens concerned were all obtained in various localities in 
Peninsular Siam. ‘The last named authors say that the species is rare 
VOL. III, NO. I, 1918. 
