THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 



119 



, J Bill compressed, black 

 \Bill depressed, vermilion 



n (Outer secondaries largely blue 

 i Outer secondaries largely black 



CORACIIDAE. 



Rollers. 



Coracias affinis. 



Eurystomus orientalis calonyx. 

 Eurystomus or'wntalis orientalis. 



- 181. Coracias affinis McClell. 



Coracias affinis, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 164 (Assam) ; A., 



p. 72 (Tavoy and S. Tenassei-im) ; W. Davison {in litt. Junk 



Seylon and Kussoon) ; E., p. 109 (Patani) ; G., p. 150 (Ratburi 



. and Petchaburi) ; I., p. 117 (Koh Lak) ; K., p. 91 (S. W. Siam ) 



Coracias affinis theresiae, Parrot, Verhandl. Ornith. Gesellsch 



Bayern. viii, 1911, p. 97 (Bangkok). 



6, $. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam. 3-4 April, 1919. (Nos. 5003- 



5056). 



" Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet dirty yellow." 



Total length, c? 320, ? 310; wing, c? 187, 9 172; tail, c? 

 120, ? 118; tarsus, 6 25, § 25; bill from gape, d 42, 2 45 ram. 



A male from Nong Khai, S. W. Siam, 31 December, 1917, 

 measures, total length 315, wing 187; and two unsexed 

 specimens from Patani, dated April 1916, wing 184, 182 mm. All 

 in Mr. Williamson's collection. 



The principal character for Parrot's race, C. a. theresiae 

 (Log. ait. swpra), is not borne out by the considerable series we have 

 examined from Siam and Indo-China. 



182. Eurystomus orientalis calonyx Sharpe. 



Eurystomus calonyx, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 551 (Himalayan 

 Terai) ; E., p. 110 (Patani) ; F., p. 32 (Trang). 



Eurystomus orientalis calonyx, L., p. 95 (Ghirbi, Junk Seylon, 

 Pulau Panjang) ; M., p. 432 (Peninsular Siam). 



d". Tung Pran, Takuatung, W. Siam. 14 February, 1919. 

 (No. 4015). 



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



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



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



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



Li Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N.H. Soc. Siam, M, I. Baker, Journ. N.H. Soc. Siam, iv, 1920. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



VOL. V, NO. 2, 1922. 



