88 Mr. C. Boden Kloss 07i Birds [Ibis, 



-j-20. Baza lophotes (Temm.), 



1 ? . Lat Bua Kao. 



Bill and feet pale blue-grey. 



T. L. 310 ; W. 224. Lengtb of crest-feathers 60 mm. 



Though apparently fully adult, this specimen seems rather 

 small for a female, but I have no reason to doubt that it has 

 been properly sexed. 



Hawks of many species seemed very common in the open 

 country of Siam^ but as at the time of jny visit these areas 

 were flooded, and under rice almost ripe for harvesting, we 

 found it practically impossible to obtain specimens. 



AsiONID^. 



^21. Scops bakkamoena lempiji Horsf. 



Otus bakkariuena lempiji Hartert, Vogel pal. Fauna, ii. 

 1913, p. 974. 



1 cf ad. Koh Mesan, off Cape Liant, S.E. Siam. Nov. 

 1916. 



Iris dark ; bill pale yellowish-grey ; feet pale brownish- 

 yellow. 



T. L. 215 ; W. 153. 



This is a rather dull-coloured example ; the feathering of 

 the tarsi does not extend to the toes, and the fifth quill 

 of the wing is slightly the longest. It is perhaps somewhat 

 intermediate between the Javanese race and S. b. lettia of 

 Nepal. 



-^ 22. Ninox scutulata burmanica Hume. 



Ninox burmanica Hume, Stray Feathers, iv. 1876, p. 285 ; 

 Hume & Davison, o;;. cit. vi. 1878, p. 40. 



1 ? ad. Koh Kram, Inner Gulf of Siam. Oct. 1916. 



Iris deep yellow ; maxilla black ; cere, culmen, and tip 

 olive-yellow ; mandible olive-yellow and black ; feet deep 

 yellow. 



T. L. 305 ; W. 213. 



This race from Pegu and Tenasserim was described as 

 having the upper surface much darker than A^, s. lugubris of 

 northern India, but not so dark as the bird inhabiting 



