272 MESSRS- ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



d, 2. Tasan, Chumpovn, P. Siam, 15-24 March 1919 

 (Nos. 4546, 4836). 



"Iris red; bill plumbeous, culmen black; feet brownish pink 

 or 3'ellowish flesh." 



Total length, j , 208 ; 9 , 190 ; wing d , 95 ; $ , 88 ; tail 6 , 

 90 : 5 87 : tarsus d , 21 ; $ , 19 ; bill from gape d , 83 ; 9 , 32, mm. 



A Malaysian form, reaching its extreme northern limit at the 

 Isthmus of Kra. 



377. Tricholestes criniger criniger (Hay). 



Brachypod'ms (?) criniger, Hay, Blyth, Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



xiv, 1845, p. 577 (Malacca). 

 Tricholestes criniger, A., p. 304 (Ghoungthanoung to Malewoon) ; 



C, i, p. 186 S. Tenasseiim) ; F., p. 57 (Trang) ; M., p. 194 



(Tung Song). 

 Tricholestes criniger criniger, M., 2, p. 366 (S. Tenasserim and Malay 



Peninsula"). 



c? , 9 . Tapli, Pakchan, P. Siam, 2 March 1919 (Nos. 4368-9)- 



3d. Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 13-23 March 1919 (Nos. 

 4541, 4734, 4515). 



" Iris grey to hazel ; bill plumbeous, culmen blackish ; feet 

 olive to brown". 



Total length d , 172, 170, 168, 161; 9, 164 mm; wing d , 

 74, 70, 77, 72 : 9,71; tail 6 , 70, 73, 78, 72 ; 9 , 67 ; tarsus d , 16, 

 15.5, 17, 16 ; 9 , 16 ; bill from gape d , 20, 17, 19.5, 18 ; 9,18 mm. 



Another Malaysian species, which reaches its northei'nmost 

 limit in this rogion. The Bornean bird, T. c. viridis (Bp.), is rather 

 brighter, while the Sumatran representative, T. c. sericea (S. Miill.), 

 is intermediate. 



378 Trachycomus zeylanicus (Gm.). 



Sturnus zeylanicus, Gmelin, Syst. ISTat. i, 1 788, p. 804 (Java). 



Trachycomus ochrocephahis (Gm.) and auctt. 



Trachycomus ochrocephalus, A., p. 300 (Mergui ; Bopyin ; Pak- 

 chan) ; C, i. p. 188 (Mergui to Malewoon) ; E., p. 86 (Patani) ; 

 L., p. 108 (Gbirbi); M., p. 195 (Tung Song) ; M., 2, p. 402 

 (Tenasserim ; Siam ; Malay Penin.sula). 



A. Hume i!i: Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (BirdsK 190.5. 



B. Midler, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, 1882. F. Robinson and Kloss, Iliis. 1910-11. 



C. Gate?, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. C (iairdner, Jouru. X. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote. I'.Z.S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Kobinson, .lourn. F. M, S. Museums, v, 1915 



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