296 MESSRS ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



Alcippe nipalensis fratercula Rippon. 



Alcippe fratercula, Rippon, Bull. Brit. Oi-n. Club, xi, 1900, p. 1 1 

 (Hills of S. Sban States, above 4,000 feet) ; id, Ibis, 1901, p. 530. 



Alcippe ni2)alensis A., p. 513 (Nwalabo) ; 0. i, p. 68 (Nwalabo). 



uilcippe nipalensis fraiercida , Harington, Journ, Bombay N. H. Soc. 

 xxiii, 1915. p. 448 (Hills of Tenasserim) ; M. 2, p. 277 (Tenas- 

 serim). 



There is at present no direct evidence that any Nun-thrush 



of this group occurs in the present area, though the above race will 



probably ultimately be discovered there. The Malayan form, A. n. 



peracensis, has not been found north of the Perak Hills. 



415. Alcippe cinerea cinerea Blyth. 



Alcippte cinerea, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xiii, 1844, p. 384 

 (Singapore) ; E., p. 82 (Patani) ; F., p. 61 (Trang) ; H., p. 105 

 (Bandon). 



No further specimens of this essentially Malaysian form have 



been reported from Siamese territory except two from Khao Ram, 



Nakorn Sritamarat, in March 1 922, by Mr. Williamson's collector. 



416. Stachyris nigriceps davisoni Sharpe. 



Stachyris davisoni, Shar[>e, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, i, 1892, p. vii 

 (Pahang) ; F., P. 61 (Trang) ; H., p. 105 (Bandon). 



Stachyris nigriceps. A., p. 264 (Nwalabo and Tenasserim town) ; 



C. i, p. 48 (S. Tenasserim). 

 Stachyris nigricep)S davisoni, M., p. 158 (Tung Song) : M. 2, p. 265 



(S. Tenasserim, P. Siam). 



S . Tapli, Pakchan, P. Siam, 10 March 1919 [No. 4504]. 



3 c? , 5 . Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 15-24 March 1919 [Nos. 

 4607, 4765-6, 4828]. 



" Iris reddish, yellow or pale hazel ; upper mandible black, 

 lower slate ' feet pale greenish slate." 



Total length c? , 138, 137, 140, 138 ; 9 , 125 ; wing 6 , 58, 61, 

 57, 60 ; $ , 55 ; tail S , 48, 53, 52, 54 ; 2 , 48 ; tarsus d , 21, 21, 22. 

 23 ; $ , 20 ; bill from gape d , 19.5, 18, 19, 20 ; $ , 18 mm. 



This series is indistinguishable from topotypes from the 

 Tahan River, Pahang. 



A. Hume k navison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses. iii (Birds), 1P05 



B. Miiller, Die Ornis der Insel SalaiiRa, 188-2. F. Robinson ami Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. (Jates, Birds Brit. Biirmah. Vols, i & ii, 1883. G. Gairdiier, Journ. N. 11. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z, S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Kobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, lOl.""). 



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