97 



56. SERILOPSrs ROTHSCHILDI. 



Scrilophi(s rothschihli, Hartert and Butler, Bull. B.O.C, lix, p. 5U 

 (1898) ; iid.. Ibis, 1898, p. 434. 



Five specimens Avere collected on Kao Nawng, adults and young. 



" Male, iris hazel, bill pale blue, tomia white, base including 

 nostrils orange, periocular space, wax- yellow, feet the same, tinged 

 with greenish claws bluish." 



Compared with specimens of the true S. rothschildi from the 

 mountains of Perak and Selangor these specimens show a very decided 

 approach to 8. hinaUis, Gould, which is foimd throughout the greater 

 portion of Tenasserim. The head and ear-coverts are tinged with clay 

 brown not almost pure gray as in <S'. rothschildi, and the chestnut of 

 the secondaries and tertiaries is much paler. The two forms are 

 evidently only subspecies and grade completely into one another. 



PITTID^. 

 57. PITTA CYAXOPTERA. 



Pitta cyanoj)tera (Temm.) ; Sclater, tom. cit., p. 420; Robinson 

 and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 48. 



The commonest of the genus round Ban Kok Klap but not found 

 in very deep jungle. Nestling birds and a clutch of five eggs were 

 obtained, the male bird being shot off the nest, which was a globular 

 mass of dead leaves and rubbish on the ground. The young birds are 

 much duller above and have the scai'let of the abdomen and under tail 

 coverts of the adult birds indicated by salmon pink. The base and 

 tip of the bill are orange red. The eggs were hard set and are obtuse 

 ovals, fairly glossy and yellowish white in colour. Thinly spotted, 

 mainly towards the larger end with smalled rounded spots of purisli 

 brown. They measure, A. 26.1 x 20 ; B. 25.9 x 20.2 ; B. 25.8 x 20 mm. 



.58. PITTA CUCULLATA. 



Pitta cncullata, Hartl. ; Sclater, torn, cit., p. 442; Robinson and 

 Kloss, tom. cit., p. 49. 



Two were obtained at Ban Kok Klap. 



59. EUCICHLA GURNEYI. 



Eucichla gurneyi, Hume; Sclater, tom. cit., \). 448 ; Robinson and 

 Kloss, tom. cit., p. 49. 



Very common indeed in the neighbourhood of Ban Kok Klap but 

 not extending far up the slopes of Kao Nawng as it was not met 

 with at either of our camps on that mountain. 



t!0. EUCICHLA BOSCHI. 



Eucichla boschi, Miill. and Schleg. ; Sclater, tom. cit., p. 447 ; 

 Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 49. 



Even commoner than Eu. gnrneyi and extending further up 

 the hill being found at over 2,000 feet elevation. 



