178 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



J)endroco])us pectoralis, Williamson, Joiirn. N, H. Hoc. Siain, i, 1914, 



p. 45 ; id. op. cit. ii, 1917, p. 321 (Bauf<kok). 

 Dendrocopus analis, Robinson & Klcs.s, I])is, 1919, p. 435 (S. 



Annam). 

 Dendrocopus pectoralis 2yecto)'alis, M., p. 424 (Bangkok). 



c^, 2 2. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 9-10 April 1919 (Nos. 5215, 

 5219, 5220). 



" Iris dark brown or reddish ; bill slate, ciilmen dark ; feet 

 slate with a greenish tinge". 



Total length d, 175; 9, 178, 171 ; wing c, 100; ?, 102, 100; 

 tail c?, 63; 5, 62, 60; tarsus c^, 17 ; 2, 16.5, 16.5; bill from gape d, 

 25; 2, 24, 23.5 mm. 



These specimens certainly confirm Hesse's separation of the 

 mainland form, insomucli that they are all 100 mm, or over in wing 

 measurement, while an Annam female is 100 and the type, from 

 Bangkok, is 101 mm. 



Birds collected by us in M^est Java measure 91-98 (16 ex.), 

 Mid-Java 90-98 (5 ex.) and East Java 92-98 (10 ex.). No bird 

 seems to have been recorded from Java with a wing longer than 

 98 mm., nor from Bali longer than 100 mm. 



On the other hand, as Stresemann's measurements show 

 (Nov. Zool. XX, p. 349), Burmese birds range from 93 to 104, Annam 

 102 ; Siam from 96 to 102 and Cochin-China from 92 to 101 mm. 



In addition to attaining a greater maximum wing length, 

 Indo-Chinese birds seem to have the black spots on the breast more 

 pronounced than Sundanese examples. 



276. Blythipicus rubiginosus (Swains.). 



J/emicircus rubiginosus, Swainson, Birds of West Africa, ii, 1837, 



p. 150 (Malacca ? Haitlaub). 

 Picus porphyromelas, Boie, News Staatsbiirgerl. Mag. 1, 1832, 



p. 489 (Nomen nudum). 

 Picus melaJiogaster, Hay, Madras Journ. 1844, p. 153 (Malacca). 

 Venilia porjihyromel (S, F., p. 46 (Trang). 

 Blythipicus porphyrovielas, M., p. 244 (Patiyu). 



3 J, 2. Tasan, Chumporn, Peninsular Siam, 14-26 March 



1919 (Nos. 4592, 4642, 4857-8). 



A. Hume, iV: Diivison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenxes, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miiller, Die Ornisder InselalaUKa, 1882. F. llobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. (Mtes, Birds Brit. Burinah, Vols. i. & ii883. G. Gairdner, .Tourn. N.H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonliote, T.Z.S. 1901, Vol. i. H. llobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Musutmis, v, 1915. 



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