136 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



" Iris red ; bill black ; feet black or purplish black." 



Total length,— , 302; wing, 136, 133; tail, — , 154; tarsus, 



13, 11 ; bill from gape, 58, 42 mm. 



Apparently nowhere very common in the more northern 



parts of the Peninsula. 

 213. Melittophagus erythrocephalus erythrocephalus ( Gm. ). 



Merops erythrocephalus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, p. 463 (Ceylon). 



Merops leschenaulti, A., p. 68 ( Tavoy to Bankasoon ). 



Melittias quinticolor, B., p. 44 ( Junk feeylon ). 



MelUtophagus swinhoei, E., p. 109 ( Patani ) ;'F., p. 36 (Trang and 



Langkawi) ; H., p. 92 (Bandon) ; J, p. 152 (Terutau Id.); L., 



p. 96 (Ghirbi ; Junk Seylon ; Pulau Panjang). 



We did not collect this Bee-eater on the present expedition, 

 though, curiously enough, Davison notes that he came across immense 

 numbers up the head waters of the Pakchan. In the southern parts 

 of Peninsular Siam, and on Langkawi and Terutau Islands, it is very 

 abundant during the winter months. It is found, though sparingly, 

 in Penang and extends south as far as Parit on the Perak river, where 

 large flocks were met with in September 1911. 



214. Nyctiornis athertoni Jard. & Selby. 



Nyctiornis athertoni, Jaid. & Selby, 111. Orn. ii, 1828, pi. 58 

 (Cacbar) ; I., p. Ill (Koh Lak). 



9. Hat Sauuk, nr. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 15 April 1919 

 (No. 5266). 



" Iris bronze ; bill black, whitish at base ; feet sage green. " 



Total length 345; wing 138; tail 135; tarsus 20; bill from 

 gape 51 mm. 



The above locality, in the neighbourhood of which Gylden- 

 stolpe also secured two specimens, is considerably the most southerly 

 recorded from Siam, though the species reaches a similar latitude in 

 French Indo-China. The more bluish tint of the crown, noted on 

 birds from north Siam by Gyldenstolpe, is probably the result of 

 wear : it is very marked on the whole upper surface of our bird, 

 which is in very worn plumage. 



A. Hniuc, & DaviHon, Klray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayonses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miiller, Die Oruis der Insolalanga, 188'2. F. Kobinson and Kloss, Ibi«, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vola. i. iV ii883. C Gairdner, Jowrn. N. H. Soe. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhoto, P.Z.S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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