1920.] List uj the Birds of Siam. 455 



Graculipica nigricollis Pa} k. 



Gracula nigricollis rajkull, Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps- 

 akad. Nya Haiidlingur, xxviii. 1807, p. 291 : Canton, Cliina. 



The Black-necked My nab is very common in suitable 

 localities throughout the whole country. It never affects 

 the real forests, but is found in orchards and cultivated 

 land near the towns and villages. 



^thiopsar fascus fuscus Wagl. 



Pastor fuscus Wagler, Syst. Avium, Pastor sp. 6, 1827 : 

 India. 



A southern form hitherto only recorded from peninsular 

 Siam, where specimens have been collected at Ban Sai Kau, 

 Biserat, Jalor, Bukit Besar, Patelung, and Singora. 



^thiopsar fuscus grandis Moore. 



Acridotheres grandis Moore in Horsfi(dd & Moore, Cat. 

 Birds Hon. East Ind. Comp. Mus. ii. 1856-1858, p. 537 : 

 Sumatra. 



Commonly distributed throughout the whole country. 



Sturnopastor superciliaris superciliaris Blyth. 



Sturno2Mstor superciliaris Blythj Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 xxxii. 1863, p. 77 : Burma. 



Only a single authentic specimen of the Burmese Pied 

 Mynah has up to the present time been recorded from Siam, 

 where it was obtained near Koon Tan. 



Sturnopastor superciliaris floweri Sharpe. 



Sturnopastor floweri Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Oruith. Club, vii. 

 1897. p. xvii : Tachin, C. Siam. 



Quite common on suitable ground in central, south-eastern, 

 and south-western Siam, but not obtained in the north. 

 Mostly found on cultivated ground and on the great alluvial 

 plain along the Menam Chao Phya river. 



Family Ploceid^e. 



Ploceus manyar flaviceps Less. 



Ploceus flaviceps Lesson, Traite d'Orn. 1831, p. 435 : 

 Pondicherry. 



