92 Mr. C. Bodcn Kloss on Birds [Ibis^ 



f- 30. Halcyon smyrnensis fusca (Bodd.). 



Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. 1910, p. 215. 



Halcyon perpulchra Madarasz, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungar. 

 ii. 1904, p. 85. 



1 S . Tachin, Central Siara. Oct. 191G. 



W. 113 ; B. f.g. 67. 



4-31. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 



Halcyon chloris, H. armstromji, H. hmnei Sliarpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. xvii. pp. 272-3, 277, 281, pis. vii., viii. 

 (1892). 



1 ? . Tacliin, Central Siam. Oct. 1916. 



W. 99 ; B. f. g. 55. 



Upupidte. 



-j- 32. Upupa epops longirostris Jerdon. 



Birds of India, i. 1862, p. 393. 



1 cJ , 1 ? . Koh Lak. 



Iris dark ; bill black with fleshy-brown base ; feet (male) 

 brownish-black, (female") blackish-plumbeous. 



Male : T. L. 310 ; T. 95 ; W. 137 ; B. f. g. 65. 



Female : T. L. 295 ; T. 95 ; W. 130 ; B.f. g. 61. 



Both these birds lack any white spot on the first primary, 

 as do two Siamese specimens belonging to Mr. W. J. F. 

 Williamson — a female from Bangkok (W. 130) and an im- 

 mature male from Patani, peninsular Siam. It is absent 

 in a female (W. 129) from the island of Koh Samui, Penin- 

 sular Siam ; while a male from the State of Trang, in the 

 same area, has a spot on one of the first primaries only. 



A series of birds from the Malay Peninsula (Bandon to 

 Selangor, where a straggler has been taken) all have Avhite 

 spots on the first primaries, but agree in dimensions with my 

 Siamese specimens — 3 males: wings 132-137, bills from 

 gape 65-68 ram. ; 6 females : wings 126-131, bills from gape 

 54-60 ram. Gyldenstolpe records females from eastern 

 Siam and Koh Lak with wings of 131 rara. ; while a male 

 of his from northern Siara has the wing of 140 mm. 



It seems evident that no value attaches to the presence 

 or absence of spots on the first primary. I have retained 



