‘A COLLECTION OF BIRD-SKINS FROM SIAM. 187 
2 Maprit, P. Siam, 30. 12. 15. 
$ Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam, 22. 1. 16. 
After a very careful examination of a great mass of material, it 
does not seem possible to distinguish between typical M. abbotti and 
Strickland’s M. olivaceum. Some birds from as far N.E. as Mymensingh 
agree perfectly in all respects with others from the south of the Malay 
Peninsula. Kloss gives the Southern limit of true abbotti as Penang, 
but he too seems to consider that the difference between the two forms 
is of the slightest. 
17. TURDINUS MACRODACTYLUS MACRODACTYLUS. 
Malacopteron macrodactylus, Strick. A. M. N. H, xiii. p. 417 (1844). 
2 ¢ Tung Song, P. Siam, 18-19. 9. 15. 
Both of these specimens are distinctly browner, less rufous in 
tint than are the great majority of birds froni the Soathern Malay 
States, and agree exactly with those obtained by Davison at Klang. 
They may possibly constitute a new sub-species, but as there are one 
or two specimens in the British Museum collection which come from 
Malacca and cannot be separated in appearance from Herbert’s and 
Davison’s birds, I do not give them a name. 
18. THRINGORHINA GUTTATA. 
Turdinus guttatus (Tick), Blyth, J.A.S.B. xxvii. p. 414 (1859). 
d 2 Tung Song, P. Siam, 22. 9. 15. 
3 Maprit, P. Siam, 28. 12. 15. 
3 2 Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam, 18. 1. 16. 
The eggs of this bird have not been taken, but they will as- 
suredly prove to be white like those of its nearest ally, the Assam bird 
Y. oglii. This genus is very closely allied to Stachyris, and its nidi- 
fication, as far as is known, confirms this opinion. It will be interest- 
ing to find whether the nest and eggs of quttata yet further corro- 
borate it. 
19. ANUROPSIS MALACCENSIS. 
Brachypteryx malaccensis, Hart], Rev, Zool. 1844, p. 402. 
? Tung Song, P. Siam, 18.10. 15. 
2 Tung Song, P. Siam, 2. 10. 15. 
VOL. ITI, NO. Il1, 1919. 
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