THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 151 



Practk-ally all the specinien.s from Siam examined by us have 

 been definitely referable to this northern form : it is probable, liow- 

 ever, that lowland specimens from Patani will prove to belong to the 

 smaller southern Malayan race, N. /. i^vdrfn/urufi Stresemann (Nov. 

 Zool. XX, 1018, p. 840). 



235. Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vig.). 



(Jnailus Hpurveriouhs, Vigor.s, P. Z. S. ]H3], p. 173 i Hiinal:iya.s\ 

 JTierococcyx sparrerioUhs, F., p. 40 ('l'riin<,') : J., p. 159 (Langkawi 

 and Lontar Ids.) : L., p. 98 (Oliirlti inid Pidau PanjangV 



Presumably a wintei* visitor only. Not recorded from S. 



Tenasserim or any part of Siam other than the Peninsula. 



236. Hierococcyx varius (Vahl.). 



Ouculus iviriiis, V.-dd., Skiiv. Nat. Selsk., iv, 1797, p. 01 (India.) 

 Ilierococcij.i' rarhis, Cluistiaiu in Williamson, Journ. N. H. Soc. 

 Siam, ii, 1916, p. 61 (S. \V. Siam). 



A female obtained by Mr. C. J. Aagaard at Hua Hin on 14th. 



April 1914, is the only record for Siam. 



237. Hierococcyx fugax nisicolor (Hodgs.). 



Cuciihis nisicolor, Blytli, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xii, 1843, 



p. 943 (Nepal). 

 llierococci/x nisicolor, F., p. 40 (Trang ■ ; H., p. 93 (Ban don) ; J., 



p. 159 (Tenitjiu Id.). 



Probably a winter visitor only : it is common as a migratory 

 bird in the Straits of Malacca in October and November. 



A nearly adult pair were obtained on Khao Luang, Nakorn 

 Sri Tamarat, in March 1922. 



238. Hierococcyx nanus Hume. 



Hierococcyx nanus, Hume, Stray Feathers, v, 1877, p. 490 (Bauka- 

 soon) ; A., p. 157, 502 (Tavoy to Bankasoon) ; B., p. 53 Junk 

 Seylon\ 



Hierococcyx fufjax nanus, M., p. 438 (Maprit, Peninsular Siam). 



A rare and possibly resident form : we have a few specimens 

 from various parts of the Malaj-- Peninsula. Stuart Baker in claim- 

 ing the Maprit bird a? a record for Siam has overlooked Miiller's 



(tykienstoliie. Kiinsl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Ilandl. M. Baker. Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam. iii. 1919. 



50, Xo. •>, 19Iti. (Hrst part). 



J. Rol.inson. Journ. F.M.S. M«i8. vii, 1917 Baker, .loxirn. X. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss. n)is, 1918. (second part). 



L. Udbiuson and Kloss, .lourn. X.H. Soc. Siam, M.I Baker. .loiirn. N. H. Six-.'Siam, iv. ig'iO. 



iii. 1919. (third part). 



VOL. V, \0. 2. 1922. 



