KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 51 
Sex Locality Date Length | Wing Tail Culmen | Tarsus 
mm mm mm mm mm 
of Koon Tan 35 1914 250 92,5 170 13,5 21,5 
ou Doi Par Sakeng | 44/7 1914 245 91 146 15 23 
o juv | Doi Par Sakeng | ‘7/7 1914 202 86 105 15 22 
oO’ juv Koon Tan Je 1914 148 77 62 12 21 
fe} Doi Par Sakeng | !°/r 1914 215 85,5 125 16 92 
g Koon Tan 5/6 1914 191 87 117 14,3 21 
g Koon Tan 29/5 1914 205 86,2 106,5 15 21 
ie} Koh Lak Paa 1a 1914 200 82 121 15 22 
Trides: black. Bill: black. Legs: pale flesh colour. 
The Shama is a common bird over the whole of Siam and is found in almost every 
kind of jungles but perhaps particularly in bamboos. It inhabits the low-lying country 
as well as the hills. 
The race inhabiting Siam at least as far south as to Koh Lak is the same one which 
is found in India, Assam, Cachar, Manipur and Burma. It differs from the southern 
form — the typical K. m. macrurus Gm. — in being paler on the upper parts of the body. 
This pale colouring is especially evident in the females which are at a glance separable 
from the dark southern race. 
87. Pratincola torquata stejnegeri. Parrot. — The Eastern Bush-Chat. 
Pratincola torquata stejnegeri: Parrot p. 124; Gyldenstolpe I p. 39. 
Pratincola maura: Williamson I p. 44. 
Q Ban Kia */s 1914. L129 mm; W = 64 mm.; T= 50 mm; C=10 mm. — @ Kob Lak 1/s2 
1914. L=118 mm; W = 63 mm; T = 50 mm.; C = 10 mm. — Irides: blackish brown. Bill: black. 
Legs: black. 
During my journey I only collected two specimens of the Eastern Bush-Chat. 
One fine female was obtained near Ban Kia, a village situated among the moun- 
tains of Northern Siam on about Lat. N. 19° 10! and at an altitude of about 4600 feet. 
The other specimen — also a female — was shot near the sea-shore at Koh Lak in the 
Siamese Malaya. 
The Eastern Bush-Chat most probably breeds at higher altitudes in the North of 
Siam. The Ban Kia-specimen was obtained on the 24th of August which seems to be 
a very early date if the bird had to be considered only as a winter visitor to Northern 
Siam. 
88. Pratincola caprata bicolor. SyKes. — The Common Pied Bush-Chat. 
Pratincola caprata: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 170. 
S$ Koon Tan */, 1914. L = 124 mm; W = 68,3 mm.; T= 54 mm.; C=11 mm. — ¢ Koon Tan 
*/5 1914. L=137 mm; W= 65,5 mm; T= 55 mm.; C= 10,5 mm. — ¢ Koon Tan 78/. 1914. L = 132 
mm.; W = 66,5 mm; T= 56 mm; C = 11 mm. — 2 Koon Tan 12/, 1914. L= 128 mm.; W = 65 mm.; 
