202 MR. E, C. STUART BAKER ON 
61. MEGALURUS PALUSTRIS, 
Megalurus palustris, Horsf, Trans, Linn. Soe, xiii. p. 159 (1820), 
3 ¢ 2 2 Bangkok, 18-30. 6. 15. 
2 Sansep, Bangkok, 3. 7. 15. 
¢ Samkok, C. Siam, 16. 3. 16. 
‘These specimens are quite typical and cannot be distinguished 
from Assam birds, though they are mostly in very worn plumage. 
Mr. Herbert found this bird breeding freely round about Samkok, 
the nests being generally placed in dense tufts of grass. He 
took a fine series of the eggsin June and July, these differing in 
no way from those found elsewhere, but in one or two clutches he 
found five eggs, which is exceptional in other parts of this bird’s 
range, 
62. ABRORNIS SUPERCILIARIS SCHWANERI. 
Sylvia schwaneri, Temm, in Mus. Lugd. undé, (Blyth, [bis 1870. p. 169). 
tf ¢ 2 2 Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam, 14-26. 1. 16. 
% Klong Wang Hip, P. Siam, 2. 10. 15. 
All Herbert’s birds agree well with typical schwaneri from 
Borneo, though the heads are even darker and in still greater contrast 
with the colour of the back. It should be noted that typical 
superciliaris is confined to the Himalayas as far Kast as the Mishmi 
Hills. Birds from the hills South of the Brahmapootra are somewhat 
intermediate, but are nearer A. s. schwaneri than A. s. superciliaris. 
Thus the range of the former sub-species must be taken as extending 
from Assam, South of the Brahmapootra, through Cachar, Manipur, 
Chin Hills, and the whole of Burma, Western Siam, and the Malay 
Peninsula to Borneo. 
In the Cat. Birds British Museum, the wing of schwaneri is 
said .to be 1.85 inches only, but this is quite incorrect, for the series . 
measures from just over 2 inches (51.0 mm.) up to 2.2 inches (55.8 
mm.), the latter measurement being that of Bornean specimen, 
63. PHYLLOSCOPUS HUMEIL PRAEMIUM, 
P. humei praemium, Mathews and Iredale, Aus, Avian, Record tit. 
p. 44 (1915). 
3 ¢ Krabin, C. Siam, 7-13. 11. 15. 
f Pak Jong, K. Siam, J. 12. 15. 
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