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S . Tapli, Pakchan, P. Siam, 9 March 1919 [No. 4525]. 

 S. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 7 April 1919 [No. 5140]. 

 " Iris dark ; bill black, base of mandible pale ; feet blackish." 

 Total length 170, 176; wing, 82, 88; tail 74, 78; tarsus 24, 

 27 ; bill from gape 17, 1 6 mm. 



532. Motacilla flava taivana (Swinh.). 



Budytes taivanus, Swinlioe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 334 (Formosa) ; C. i, 



p. 162. 

 Motacilla jiava taivanvs, I., p. 32 (Koh Lak). 



Not a common bird in the Peninsula. We have three speci- 

 mens from Kuala Lumj^ur and have seen another three from Bangkok 

 (Williamson Coll.). 



533. Motacilla cinerea caspica (S. G. Gmelin). 



Pants caspicus, S. G. Gmelin, Reise durch Russland, iii, 1774, p. 104, 



taf. 20, fig. 2. (Enzeli, Caspian Sea). 

 Motacilla melanojje, Pall, et auctt. ; F., p. 73 (Trang). 

 Calohates melanope, A., p. 362 (Mergui to Bankasoon) ; C. i, p. 159; 



(Tenasserim). 

 Jrotacilla sidjihw-ea, B., p. 9 (Junk Seylon). 



3 $. Tasan, P. Siam, 21-28 March 1919 [Nos. 4751, 4801, 

 4910]. 



" Iris dark ; bill greyish horn ; feet fleshy brown." 



Total length 183, 195; wing 79, 80 ; tail 90, 97 ; tarsus 19.5, 

 20 ; bill from gape 18, — mm. 



The commonest wagtail in the southern part of the Peninsula. 

 Pallas' name for it is two years later than that of Gmelin. 



Motacilla alba Linn, subsp. dukhunensis Sykes? 



Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 91 (Dekkan, India). 

 Motacilla leucopsis, Williamson, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, ii, 



1917, p. 200 (Bangkok). 

 Motacilla alha, Gates, Fauna Brit. India, ii, 1890, p. 287. 



A single example of M. alba alha type has been obtained in 



Bangkok (29 Ian, 1914) by Williamson. It is the only local specimen 



we have seen and, no doubt, belongs to the eastern race. The winter 



range probably extends to S. W. Siam. 



A. Hiimo & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E- O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miiller, Die Ornis iler Insel Snlanga, ]882. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ihis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. G. Gainlner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Ki.am, i, 191,5.1 



D. Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1901. Vol. i. H. Kobinson, Journ. K. M. S. Museums, v, 191.5. 



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