THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 349 



ORIOLIDAE. 



Oeioles. 



, f Wings less than 4.25 inches . . . . Oriohis a'. xanOionotus 



1 Wings more than 5 inches .. .. .. .. ..2 



,-,( Head and throat pure black .. .. ,. O. x. .ranthornus, J 



" 1 Head and throat not black . . . . . . . . . . 3 



( Yellow coronal patch clear, throat pale yellow .. ... ..4 



3-1 Yellow coronal patch obscure, throat thickly striped 

 ( with black . . . . . . ..0.x. xanthornus. 9 



^ /With no indications of dark stripes on abdomen .. .. ..5 



1 With indications of dark stripes on abdomen . . . . . . . . 6 



I Yellow of upper surface bright and clear; slightly larger with 

 I coarser bill, black nuchal band broader .. 0. chinensis indiciis, c^ 



5 1 Yellow of upper surface strongly tinged with greenish ; 

 I slightly smaller with more slender bill, black 

 \ nuchal band narrower .. .. ,, 0. c. tenuirostris, c? 



f Slightly larger, bill coarser ; nuchal band broader . . O. c. indicus, 2 



\ Slightly smaller, bill finer ; nuchal band narrower . . 0. -f . tennirottrif:, ? 



502. Oriolus chinensis indicus Jerd. 



Oriohis indicus, Jerdon, 111. Ind. Ornith. 1847, pi. 15 (Malabar) ; 

 A., p. 329 (Tavoy to Malewoon) ; B., p. 38 (Junk Seylon) ; 

 0. i, p. 211 (Tenasserim, in winter) ; F., p. 72 (Tiang) ; G., p. 149 

 (Ratbuii or Petchaburi) ; I., p. 22 (Koh Lak) ; J., p. 188 

 (Pulo Muntia and Lontar, Trang) ; L., p. 116 (Glurbi and Pulo 

 Panjang). 



2 6 . Tung Pran, Takuapa, P. Siam, 14 Feb. 1919 [Nos. 4001-2]. 



2 sex inc. Marnoh, P. Siam, 28 Feb. 1919 [No. 4325]. 



$. Namchut, Pakchan, P. Siam, 25-26 Feb. 1919 [Nos. 4219, 



4258]. 



slate ". 



d. Tasan, Chumporii, P. Siam, 22 March 1919 [No. 4769]. 

 " Iris crimson ; bill pinkish horn : feet pale gvey or greenish 



Total length d , 257, 265,248; 2 253 ; inc. 258, 248 ; wing 

 S , 145, 154, 148; $ 152; inc. 148, 147; tail c? . 103, 103, 97; $ 

 103; inc. 100, 98; tarsus c? , 25, 26, 24 ; 9 , 24 inc., 26, 26: bill 

 from gape c? 35, 37, 37 ; 9 34 ; inc. 38, 34 mm. 



Apparently a winter visitor to Indo-China and the Malay- 

 Peninsula, breeding in summer in China and Mongolia. 



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



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



J. Robinson, Journ. K. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. M. I. Baker, op. cifc., iv, 1920 (third part). 



K. Klos3, Ibis, 1918. M. 2. Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i, 1923. 

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



iii. 1919. 



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