THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 179 



" Iris rod; ])ill wax yellow, tinged with green at base; feet 

 greenish slate." 



Total length cT, 218, 230, 231; 9, 221; wing cT, 124, 122, 

 123; 9, 123; tail c^ 82, 77, 79; 9, 78; tarsus cT, 24.5, 24, 23; bill 

 from gape d. 36, 38, 38; 9, 33 mm. 



Strictly a bird of the evergi-een forests. 



Sumatran birds range from 113-122 mm. in length of wing. 

 Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgs.). 



J'icus pyrrhotis, Hodgs. Juurn. Asiut. Soc. Bengal, vi, 1B37, p. 

 108 (Nepal), 



As this species occurs in North Tenasserim and North Siam, 



and has also been collected by us in the hills of the Malay State.s, 



it is almost certain to be found eventually in the intervening area.- 



277 Meiglyptes tristis grammithorax (Malh.). 



Phaiopicus (jrammithorcm, Mallierbe, Picidae, ii, 1862, p 12, pi. 



xlviii, fig.s. 4, 5 (Malay Penin.sula). 

 Meiglyptes tristis (nee Honsf.), A., pp. 131, 501 (Nwalabo and 



Baukasoon) ; B., p. 72 (Puket or Junk Seylon). 

 Meiglyptes grammithorax, F., p. 46 (Trang) ; H., p. 95 (Bandon) ; 



Williamson, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, iii, 1918, p. 25 (Patani). 

 Meiglyptes tristis grammithor ax, M., p. 422 (Tung Song and Patiyu). 



6. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam, 2 March 1919 

 (No. 4347). 



2 d', 4 9. Tasan, Chumporn, Peninsular Siam, 13-26 March 

 1919 (Nos. 4544, 4670, 4780, 4854-6). 



" Iris red, more usually reddish brown ; bill black ; feet green- 

 ish slate." 



Total length 6, 178, 183, 178; 9, 177, 177, 175, 175; wing 

 6, 94, 100, 95; 9, 96, 98, 98, 97 ; tail 6, 55, 55, 58; 9, 57. 55, 51, 

 53; tarsus 6, 19, 18, 17 ; 9, 19.5. 20. 18.5, 18; bill from gape d, 23.5 

 app., 24, 20; 9, 21, 24, 22, 22 mm. 



We can discover no difference between northern and southern 

 Malay birds except that the southern birds are, as usual, slightly 

 smaller : eight Sumatran birds range from 89-96 mm. in wing, and 

 ten southern Malay birds 92-100 mm, 



I. Oyldonstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. X. H. Soc. Siam, iii. 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first part). 



J. I^binson. .Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam. iii. 1919. 



K. Kloss, H>is, 1918. (second part*. 



L. Kobinson and Kloss, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, M. i. Baker, Joiu-n. N. H. Soc. Siam. iv. 19-20. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



VOL. V, NO. 2, 1922. 



