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Harriavs (Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, Vol. 14. 1898 p. 349) has described a species 
of Garrulax which inhabits Hainan under the name of G. schmackeri. This form is stated 
to be very similar to G. moniliger Hopes. though it differs from that species by having 
the tail-feathers tipped with buff instead of white; the outer webs of the outer primaries 
are olive brown instead of hoary grey. The buff colour of the foreneck is less bright and 
the rufous on the nape is also generally darker. 
Grant (P. Z. 8S. 1900 p. 475) records it as being smaller than typical G. moniliger 
and gives the wing for G. schmackeri to 4,2—4,3 inches while the wing in G. moniliger 
measures 4,3—5,0 inches. 
Two of the specimens collected at Pak Koh during April 1914 have the tail-feathers 
tipped with buff. But these specimens are not smaller than typical moniliger obtained 
at the same localitiy (their wings measure 126 and 125 mm. respectively). Two other 
specimens, one from this same locality and the other one from Koon Tan further north 
have their tail-feathers tipped with almost pure white. The Koon Tan specimen also 
has the rufous collar on the hind-neck decidedly paler than the other birds. 
It therefore seems to me that the »species» described as G. schmackeri is only based 
on birds in fresh plumage and that it is nothing else than typical G. moniliger. Unfortun- 
ately I have no Hainan specimens to compare with and am therefore unable to ascertain 
if the Hainan form is separable or not. 
A nest containing 3 pale blue eggs was found near Pak Koh on the 16th of April 
28.5 < 28,5 x 27,6 mm. 
1914. They measure: P19 x 21,2 x 20,7 a 
in a bamboo-jungle and could easily be reached from the ground. 
The nest was placed in a low tree with- 
94. Dryonastes chinensis. Scop. — The Black-throated Laughing-Thrush. 
Dryonastes chinensis: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 164; Gairdner p. 148. 
@ Koon Tan, april 1914. W = 116 mm.; T = 122 mm.; C = 21,5 mm.; Tarsus = 34 mm. 
The Black-throated Laughing-Thrush was very rare in the parts of Siam visited 
during my journey. It was only observed at two different occasions: once in company 
with some of the other kind of Laughing Thrushes in a dense valley among the Koon 
Tan mountains; the second time two specimens were seen in an orchard just outside the 
town of Chieng Hai in Upper Siam. 
The specimen from Koon Tan is quite typical. 
95. Dryonastes strepitans. Briyta. — Tickell’s Laughing Thrush. 
Garrulax strepitans: Gyldenstolpe III p. 164. 
200. 1 ad. Koon Tan 1914. W = 130 mm.; T == 126 mm.; C = 24 mm.; Tarsus == 39 mm. — 701. 1 ad. 
Koon Tan, May 1914. W = 127 mm.; T = 131 mm.; C = 24,5 mm.; Tarsus = 39 mm. — Iris: red. Bill: black, 
Legs: black. 
This finé species has only, as far as I know, been recorded from the Mooleyit moun- 
tain in Tenasserim, where both TIcKELL and Davison met with it from 3000 feet to the 
summit. My specimens which were obtained in a very dense and thickly wooded valley 
