1 91 8.] recently collected in Siam. 203 



south-east of Siam, and on the neighbouring island Koh 

 Kut, where I preserved many specimens of it (not of 

 M. a. olivacea, as stated by Gyldenstolpe). 



4-87. Setaria lepidocephala (Gray). 



Setarla rujifruns (Cab.) ; Kohinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 748. 



5 c?, 4 ? . Lat Baa Kao. 



1 iJ , 1 ? . Satahip near Cape Liant, S.E. Siam. Nov. 

 1916. 



Iris (males) hazel, brown, or crimson, (females) hazel; 

 maxilla black ; mandible blue-grey or pale grey ; feet 

 pinkish-plumbeous, bluish-brown, or dull pinkish-blue. 



Males: T. L, 158, 155, 155, 154, 153, 155. 



Females : T. L. 150, 150, 146, ~, 147. 



Males : T. 61, 62, 64, 61, 60, 60. 



Females : T. 57, 58, 54, 56, 57. 



Males : W. 74, 72, 72, 69-5, 71, 72. 



Females : W. 68, 67*5, 69, 67, Q7 . 



Males : Ta. 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 19*5. 



Females : Ta. 19, 193, 20, 197, 20. 



Males : B. f. g. 17, 18, 18-4, 18, 175, 17-3. 



Females : B. f. g. 17, 16, 16-5, 165, 17-2. 



I have not seen the original description of *S^. riififrons, but 

 {Jide Finsch, Notes Leyden Museum, xxii. p. 220) Cabanis's 

 measurements (W. 80, T. 67, Ta. 22) are so much larger 

 than any known to me of Sumatran, Japanese, and Siamese 

 birds which have been recorded by that name, that one is 

 made to wonder whether what has been regarded as 

 S. rufifrons is really the bird of Cabanis. 



Setaria cinerea (Eyton) is as small a bird as the present, 

 but I have examined a series of Setaria magnum (Eyton) 

 from the Malay Peninsula and find, though the majority are 

 considerably larger, that four males out of fourteen examples 

 agree very closely in dimensions (W. 79-80, T. 64-70, 

 Ta. 21-22) with those given by Cabanis, and, unless his 

 description, or his material, if in existence, clearly shows 

 that the throat is immaculate and the nape not black, 

 I should feel much inclined to question whether subsequent 



