THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 259 



Aegithina tiphia tlphia, M., p. 191 (Bangkok ; Meklong ; Patiyu) ; 

 M. 2, p. 341 (Burma, Siam and North Malaj'' Peninsula). 



S , 2- Koh Pra Tung, Takuapa, P. Siam, 17-18 Feb. 1919 

 (Nos. 4088-9). 



c?, 2. NaDi Chuk, Pakchan Estuary, P. Siam, 25-26 Feb. 1919 

 (Nos. 4207, 4259). 



5 d, 2 2. Koh Lak, Ratburi, S. W. Siam, 1-8 April 1919 

 (Nos. 4879, 4887-8, 4930, 4959, 5001, 5002). 



" Iris white ; bill slate, culmen black ; feet slaty, sometimes 

 tinged with green ". 



Total length c?, 135, 142, 135, 142, 135, 137, 133; 2, 132, 

 150, 137, 138; wing 6, 63, 61, 63, 62, 62, 63, 62; 2, 63, 63. 62, 61 ; 

 tail d, 50, 53, 52. 52, 48, 48, 50; 9, 53, 60, 53, 50; tarsus c^, 18, 20, 

 20, 19, 18.5, 19, 18.5; $, 19, 20, 18, 19; bill from gape 6, 20, 17, 

 17.5, 18, 18, 18, 16, 17; 2, 20, 20, 18, 18 mm. 



As Sharpe observes (Cat. Birds B. M. vi, p. 5) black-backed 

 and black-naped birds occur ; but in Burma are rather the exception. 

 Our series bears out this statement. 



357. Aethorhynchus lafresnayei lafresnayei ( Hartl. ). 



lora lafresnayei, Hartlaub, Eev. Zool. 1844, p. 401 (Malacca) ; 

 Hume, Stray Feathers, v, 1877, p. 423 (Mergui) ; A., p. 328 

 (Mergui ; Bankasoon) ; B., p 15 (Junk Seylon). 



Aethorhynchus lafresnayei, 0. i, p. 204 (Soiith Tenasserim) ; E., 

 p. 89 (Patani)': F., p, 55 (Trang) : H., p. 101 (Bandon) ; I., 

 p 64 (near Koh Lak) ; L., p. 106 (Junk Seylon); M., p. 190 

 (Tung Song and Patiyu) ; M. 2, p. 338 (Tenasserim, Siam and 

 Malay Peninsula). 



5. Tung Pran, Takuapa, P. Siam, 13 Feb. 1919 (No. 3973). 

 2. Renong River, P. Siam, 22 Feb. 1919 (No. 4155). 



^^XUamoh, Pakchan, P. Siam, 27 Feb. 1919 (No. 4299). 

 1 J, 2 2. Tapli, Pakchan, P. Siam, 2-4 March 1919 (Nos. 4344, 

 4419, 4522). 



c^ . Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 24 March 1919 (No. 4849). 



6, 2.HatSanuk, Ratburi, S. W. Siam, 12-19 April 1919 

 (Nos 5246, 5399). 



■ • G-yldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Bakor, Joui-n. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 3, 1916. (first and second parts). 



J. Robinson, .Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. M. 2. Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i, 1922. 



K. Kloss, TDis, 1918. 



Ui Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, 



iii, 1919. 



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