1918.] recently collected iyi Siam. 213 



lOG. Acanthopneuste lugubris (Blyth). 

 3 c? . Lat Bua Kao. 



Iris (lark ; maxilla brown or horny ; mandible yellow ; 

 feet yellowish or olive-brown, soles yellow. 

 T.L. 117, 115, 115; W. 57, 58, 55. 



LaNIID/E. 



■H107. Hemipus picatus Sykes. 



2 c? . Lat Bua Kao. 



1 (^ . Koh Lak. 



Iris (lark; bill and feet black. 



T.L. 140, 145, 137 ; W. 60, 61, 60. 



This is apparently a very stable species, as I can find no 

 tangible differences between birds from southern India 

 (typical locality), Siam, and the Malay Peninsula. 



+ 108. Tephrodornis pelvicus (Hodgs.). 



Tephroduriiis pelvlca Hume & Davison^ Stray Feathers, 

 vi. p. 205. 



1 cJ , 1 ? . Koh Lak. 



Iris yellowish-grey (male), greenish-brown (female) ; 

 maxilla black (male), brownisU-black (female) ; mandible 

 black (male), brownish-black, base fleshy (female) ; feet 

 black (male), brownish-plumbeous (female). 



T.L. 210, 200; T. 82, 80 ; W. Ill, 109; Ta. 19, 18-5; 

 B. f . g. 28, 28-5. 



These examples are intermediate between topotypes from 

 Nepal and the birds of the Malay States, of which a 

 description will shortly appear. 



4l09. Lanius cristatus (Linn.). 

 1 $ imm. Tachin, Central Siam. Oct. 1916. 

 T. 81 ; W. 76 ; Ta. 25 ; B. f. g. 20-5. 



A young individual with the under-parts barred ; very 

 small, but apparently referable to this species. 



rllO. Lanius nigriceps longicaiidatus Gould. 

 Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1. No. 8, 

 1913, p. 31. 



