THE BIRDS OF SCUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 17 



1. Francolinus pintadeanus (Scop.). 



Tetran phdadeamis, Scop., Del. F!or. et Faun. Insubr. ii, 1786, 

 p. 1)3 ( liouibon) ; Obeiliol&er, Pioc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32, 

 1919. p. 21. 



Francolinus chinensis, G., p. 151 (Riitbuii and Petchabuii). 



The ;ibovc citation by Gairdner, without any details of exact 

 locality of spc-;iiiiens obtained, is the onl}' authority for the occur- 

 rence of the Fi:incolin Avitliin the limits now dealt with. In Tenaw- 

 seriin it only occurs in the extreme north, but is apparently not 

 uncommon ne.ir Bangkok, though whether the bird is really wild 

 there is strongl r (pieried.* 



This is the species known hitherto as Francolinus chinensis 

 — a name which Oberholser has shown to be untenable. 



. 2. Rhizothera longirostris (Temm.). 



Ferdix longirostris, Temm., Pig. et Gall. Jii, 1815, pp. 323, 721 



(Sumatra). 

 lUiizothera longirostris, Inglis, Joui-n. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, 



xxvi, 1918, p. 291 (Bokpyin, S. Tenasseriin ) ; M.l, p. 3*5 



(Patiyu). 



$. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam. 9 March, 1919. 

 [No. 4528]. 



" Iris chocolate ; bill black ; feet pale whitish yellow." 



Total length 870; wing 195; tail 85; tarsus 54; bill from 

 gape 33 mm. 



This bird was shot in dry bamboo jungle and is the second 

 record for the kingdom of Siam, though it is doubtless common in 

 Patani. It agrees exactly with birds of the same sex from Selangor 

 and Pahang. The northernmost record is the specimen recorded 

 above from S. Tenasserim. 



3. Tropicoperdix charltoni (Eyton). 



Ferdix charltonii, Eytoo, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xvi, 1845, 

 p. 230 (Malacc.i). 



*We are now of opinion that Williamson'^ entry of this species in 

 his " Preliminary List of the Birds of Bangkok " wa.s incorrect, and that 

 the bird does nob occur in the neighbourhood of Bangkok in a really wild 

 state. Vide Vol. i, pp. 47 and 120 of this Journal. — Eds. 



I. ttylilenstolix;, Kunsl. Sv. Vet. Akiul. Hiintll. M. Biikor, Journ. X. H. S<x;. Siam, iii. 1919. 



5(), X.>. •!. 191(5. (first piirt). 



J. Holiinson. Journ. F. >£. S. Mils, vii, 1917. Baknr, Journ. X.H. Soi-. Siam. iii, 1919. 



K. Klnss, Ibis, 1918. . (second parti. 



L. Robinson and Kloss, Journ. X.ll. Soc. Siam, M.l. Baker, .Journ. X.H. Soc. Siam, iv, lihJO. 



iii, 1919. (thii-d iwrD- 



VOL. V, NO. 1, 1921. 



