58 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 
99. Drymocataphus tickelli. Buiyru. — Tickell’s Babbler. 
Drymocataphus tickelli: Robinson & Kloss p. 60. Robinson I p. 104. 
f Pak Koh 1/, 1914. L = 138 mm; W = 63 mm.; T = 55 mm.; C = 13,5 mm. — 2 Pak Koh 
1/4 1914. L = 132 mm.; W = 59 mm.; T = 50 mm.; C = 13 mm. — Irides: reddish brown. Bill: horn 
colour. Legs: pale fleshy brown. 
Tickell’s Babbler was only observed a few times in Northern Siam, where it chiefly 
occurred in the hilly and densely covered portions. When observed they were sculking 
about among the grass on the ground or among the low bushes as well in evergreen as 
in mixed forests. I never heard them utter any note as far as I can remember. 
100. Corythocichla brevicaudata. Buiyra. — The Short-tailed Babbler. 
Q Doi Par Sakeng 1/7 1914. L= 135 mm; W = 64 mm.; T.== 53 mm.; C = 14 mm.; Tarsus = 
22,5 mm. — Iris: brownish red. Bill: horn colour. Legs: brown. 
Of this exceedingly rare bird only one specimen was obtained. It was shot out 
of a flock of about 5 to 6 individuals which were observed on one of the highest hills 
near Doi Par Sakeng in North-western Siam not very far from the Burmese frontier. 
When climbing up the hill, which was covered with dense evergreen forest mixed 
up with bamboos, I was attracted by a faint whistling note which I had never heard 
before. I then suddenly got sight of a couple of small birds in a bamboo clump where 
they were busy searching for food among the lower branches. 
They were not shy in the beginning, behaving in a manner remembering of that of 
a Wren though not keeping their tails erect. As soon as I had fired at them, they at 
once dived down in the thick undergrowth, consisting of grass and low bushes, and were 
impossible to get sight of again, though I spent a considerable time in order to get some 
more specimens. However, I heard their whistling notes, but could never locate them 
any more. 
I found them in exactly the same localities as mentioned by Davison, who ob- 
served them of the higher slopes of the Mooleyit mountain in Tenasserim. These slopes 
are covered with »boulders of rocks of all sizes lying about in a chaotic confusion». 
The slopes of the Doi Par Sakeng mountain showed a similar appearance. I 
never succeeded in seeing this species again, though I several times visited both this 
same mountain and other showing a similar condition. 
101. Alcippe phxocephala magnirostris. Watp. — The Burmese Babbler. 
Alcippe phayrei: Gyldenstolpe I p. 21; Robinson & Kloss p. 61; Robinson I p. 104. 
2 Doi Par Sakeng “7 1914. L = 145 mm; W = 67 mm; T = 72 mm.; C = 12 mm.; Tarsus = 
17 mm. — ITrides: whitish grey. Bill: dark horn colour. Legs: flesh colour. 
Very sparsely distributed over the Northern parts of the country. 
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