THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 341 



c? , 9 , Tasan, Chnmporn, P. Siam, 23 March 1919 [No. 4803]. 



" Iris carmine in adults, reddish brown or dark in younger 

 birds ; bill and feet black ". 



Total length d , 275, 285,262; 9 , 278 ; wing d, 140, 143, 

 138; $,147; tail d , 136, 142, 127; 9,132; tarsus d , 22, 21.5, 

 21 ; 9 , 22 ; bill from gape d , 32, 34, 31 ; 9 , 31 mm. 



Out of the immense series of birds that have passed through 

 our hands in the last fifteen years no one is dated between 20th 

 April and 22nd September, while the bird is always rare in inland 

 districts except for very brief periods in September and October and 

 again in March. In the winter it is always common on small islands 

 in the Straits of Malacca. In the island of Junk Seylon, or Puket, 

 Mliller (loc. cit.) records it as remaining as late as 18th June, though 

 it did not arrive until 18th November, while Oates says it sweeps 

 through Pegu in October. 



490. Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus Swinh. 



Dicrurus cathoecus Swinlioe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 377 (S. China). 

 Buchanga citra, A, p. 213 (Tavoy to Malewoon) ? ; C. i, p. 218 



(Tenasserim) ? 

 Dicrurus ater, G., p. 148 (Ratburi and Petchaburi) ? 

 Buchanga atra cathoeca, I., p. 20 (Koh Lak) ; Kloss, Journ. N. H. 



Soc. Siam. iv, 1920, p. 53 (Koh Lak). 

 Dicrurus annectens siamensis, K., p. 226 (Kok Lak ; Tachin) ; M., 



p. 198 (partim : Krabin) ; Baker, Nov. Zool. xxvi, 1919, p. 42 



(Central, South and P. Siam). 

 Dicrurus ater cathoecus, Baker, Nov. Zool. xxv, 1918, p. 298 



(Bangkok). 



2 d , 9 . Nam Chuk, P. Siam, 25 Feb. 1919 [Nos. 4196, 4224, 

 4236]. 



9 . Maraoh, P. Siam, 28 Feb. 1919 [No. 4302]. 



d. Koh Lak, Ratburi, S. W. Siam, 3 April 1919 [No. 4976]. 



" Iris red ; bill and feet black ". 



Total length d , 278, 295, 283; 9 , 270, 287 ; wing d , 141, 

 145, 143; 9,133, 138; tail d , 152, 154, 148(110); 9,132,153; 

 tarsus d,22, 22, 23 ; 9 , 21, 22.5; bill from gape d, 28, 23, 30, 

 (app.) ; 9 26, 28 mm. 



!• Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. IWI- Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first and second parts). 



J. Eobinson, Journ. P. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. M. I. Baker, op. cit., iv, 1920 (third part). 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. M. 2. Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i, 19-2-2. 

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



iii, 1919. 



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