I« Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Jomn. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. .(first part). 



J. Robinson, Journ. ¥. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second iJart). 



Lt Kobinson and Kloss, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, M. I. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iv, 19-20. 



iii, 1919. (tliird part). 



VOL, V, NO. 2, 1922. 



A,. 



THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 113 



Total leDgth, 6 230, 223, 210, 222, 218, 218, 245, 224, 233, 9 

 228; wing, c? 136, 145, 144, 142, 150, 152, 151, 146, 142, 5 140; 

 tail, 6 82, 84, 85, 86, 90, 90, 93, 85, 84, 2 85 ; tarsus, d 27, 27, 26, 24, 

 26.5, 24, 25, 25, 5 25; bill from gape, cJ 21, 20, 21.5, 20, 21.5, 22, 

 21, 21, 2 21 mm. 



On dimensions, etc., our la,rge series are identical with the 

 single specimen described by Parrot as above. We do not, however, 

 see that he has made out a case for separating it from the 

 N. W. Himalayan bird, and therefore have not used his name. 



172. Ninox scutulata malaccensis (Eyton). ~ 3 ^ - - ■ ^'^ : c^^ ^ 



Athene mcdaccensis, Eyton. Ann. & Mag Nat. Hist., xvi, 1845, p. 



228 (Malay Peninsula). 

 Ninox scutulata malaccensis, J., p. 144 (Langkawi Ids) ; L., p. 94 



(Junk Seylon). 



The smaller darker resident form, common throughout the area. 

 173. Ninox scutulata scutulata (Raffles). 



Strix scutulata, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, p. 280 



(Sumatra). 

 Ninox scutulata scutulata, J., p. 143 (Langkawi Ids ; Pulau Lontar). 



This is the larger migratory form, which is common on the 



islands of the Straits of Malacca during the winter months. 



174 Ninox scutulata burmanica (Hume). 



Ninox burmanica, Hume, Stray Feathers, iv, 1876, p. 285 (Pegu 

 and Tenasserim) ; A., p. 40 (Mergui) ; Ninox burmanica, type 

 region restricted to Tenasserim. 



Ninox scutulata, C. ii, p. 159 (Tenasseiioi). 



Ninox scutulata burmanica, K., p. 89 (Inner GulT of Siam). 



Ninox scutulata (subsp?) ; I., p. 121 (North Siam). 



A bird larger and paler than N. s. malaccensis, found as yet 

 only in the extreme north of our area and with difficulty separable 

 from N. n. scutulata. 



