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Practically all the specimens from Siam examined bj^ us have 

 been definitely referable to this northern form : it is probable, how- 

 ever, that lowland specimens from Patani will prove to belong to the 

 smaller southern Malayan race, S. I, hrachyurus Stresemann (Nov. 

 Zool. XX, 1913, ID. 340). 



235. Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vig.). 



CucuJus sparverioides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 173 ( Himalayas'. 

 Hierococcyx sparverioides, F., p. 40 (Trang) : J., p. 159 (Langkawi 

 and Lontar Ids.) : L., p. 98 (Ghirbi and Pulau Panja-ng). 



Presumably a winter visitor only. Not recorded from S. 



Tenasserim or any part of Siam other than the Peninsula. 



236. Hierococcyx varius (Vahl.). 



Guculus varius, YaliL, Skriv. Nat. Selsk., iv, 1797, p. 61 (India.) 

 Hierococcyx varius, Chi*istiani in Williamson, Jouvn. N. H. Soc. 

 Siam, ii, 1916, p. 61 (S. W. Siam). . 



A female obtained by Mr. C. J. Aagaard at Hua Hin on 14th, 



April 1914, is the oul}^ record for Siam. 



237. Hierococcyx fugax nisicolor (Hodgs.). 



Guctdus nisicolor, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xii, 1843, 



p. 943 (NepalV 

 Hierococcyx nisicolor, F., p. 40 (Trang) ; H., p. 93 (Bandon) ; J., 



p. 159 (Terntau Id..). 



Probably a winter visitor only : it is common as a migratory 

 bird in the Straits of Malacca in October and November. 



A nearly adult pair were obtained on Khao Luang, Nakorn 

 Sri Tamarat, in March 1922. 



238. Hierococcyx nanus Hume. 



Hierococcyx nanus, Hume, Stray Feathers, v, 1877, p. 490 ( Banka- 

 soon) ; A., p. 157, 502 (Tavoy to Bankasoon) ; B., p. 53 ^Junk 

 Seylon). 



Hierococcyx fugax nanus, M., p. 438 (Maprit, Peninsular Siam). 



A rare and possibly resident form : we have a few specimens 

 from various parts of the Malay Peninsula. Stuart Baker in claim- 

 ing the Maprit bird as a record for Siam has overlooked Miiller's 



Gyldenstolpe, Kiingl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. X. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



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



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



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



L. Robinson and Kloss, Journ. X. H. Soc. Siam, IWI.I. Baker, Journ. X. H. Soc. "Siam, iv, 1920. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



VOL. V, NO. 2, 1922. 



