A COLLECTION OF BIRD-SKINS FROM SIAM. 35 



) -/- 258. Tropicoperdix charltoni. 



Perdix charltonii, Eyton, Ann. and Ma?. Nat. Hist, svi, p. 230 

 (1845). 



3cfl 2 Maprit, P. Siam, 27.12.15 to 8.1.16. 



6 2 Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam. 18.1.16. 



This very nice series of Ey ton's Hill Partridge adds consider- 

 ably to the range proved to be inhabited by this bird. Hume re- 

 ferred to its having been found in Tenasserim, and Blyth also gave 

 " Tenasserim Mountains " as a portion of its habitat, but these state- 

 ments have never been quite accepted. Mr. Herbert's acquisitions 

 prove that it is by no means rare even further east. 



" Iris brown. Bill, olive, yellow or naples yellow-brown, 

 through olive-green to brown or even black "; in the latter case the 

 specimen is a very fine old male. " Legs sap-green or yellow, naples 

 yellow, gamboge, sienna " (Mr. Herbert's collector). 



— 1-259. CALO PERDIX OCULEA OCULEA. 



Perdix oculea, Temm., Pig. et Gall, iii, pp. 408 & 732 (1815). 



6 c? 22 Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam, 14.1.16 to 1.2.16. 



A beautiful series of most beautifully made skins. There are 

 two other closely allied races, sumatr.ina from the Island it is named 

 after, and bomeensis of Ogil vie- Grant, the latter named from a single 

 skin. The Siam birds are, of course, typical ooulea. 



Mr. C. Hopwood and Mr. F. M. D. Mackenzie recently obtained 

 this bird as far north as the head-waters of the Tavoy river. 



• 260. Rhizothera loxgirostris. 



Perdix longirostris, Temm., Pig. et Gall, iii, pp. 323-721 (1815). 



.<? Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam, 24. 1. 16. 



This occurrence extends the range of this fine partridge con- 

 siderably to the north, and curiously enough it was obtained much 

 about the same time as another was obtained in Tenasserim by Mr. 

 C. Hopwood. 



The specimen obtained by Mr. Herbert's man is veiy pale 

 below, and more decidedly a pale fulvous on the wing-coverts and 

 inner secondaries than any other specimen in the British Museum. 

 It seems also to be more richly and cleanly marked than any other, 

 but this perhaps is due to the perfection of the make-up of the skin. 



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