KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS IiANDLINOAlt. HAND 56- N:0 2. 



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61. Otomela cristata. Linn. — The Brown Shrike. 



Lanius cristatus: Williamson I ]>. 43; Robinson & Kloss p. 09; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 167 

 Grant p. 77. 



J 1 Chum Poo 7r, 1914. L == 190 mm.; W = 87 mm.; T = 89 mm.; C = 14 mm. -- c? Koh Lak 

 21 /i 1915. L = 177 mm.; W = 85 mm.; T = 88 mm. — Irides: dark brown. Bill: black. Legs: brownish black. 



Probably only a migratory bird to Siarn whero it is found, though always rare, 

 both in the Northern parts of the country and in the Siamese Malaya. 



A specimen shot as late as on the 2nd of May 1914 near Chum Poo, a small place 

 in the Meh Tha valley south-east of Chieng Mai, may possibly indicate that it even breeds 

 in Northern Siarn. This specimen is in full summer plumage with the under parts of a 

 very distinct buff colour, and the white supercilium is very well-marked. 



Tlie other specimen, also a male, has still some crossbars on the flanks and on the 

 lower breast, and the buff colour on the under parts of the body is only faintly indi- 

 cated, these parts being almost white. 



Another specimen — a young female — has the rump feathers barred with dark 

 brown. Even the cheeks are also barred, as well as the breast and the under parts of the 

 body, leaving only the middle of the belly and the under tail-coverts unbarred. 



Fam. Prioiiopidse. 



62. Hemipus picatus. Sykes. The Black-backed Pied Shrike. 



Hemipus picatus: Muller p. 363; Robinson & Kloss p. G9; Gyldenstolpe I p. 32; Gyldenstolpe III p. 167; Ro- 

 binson I p. 108. 



Sex 



Locality 



Date 



Length 



Wing 



Tail 



Culmen 









mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



a" 



Koon Tan 



2S /5 1914 



136 



59 



61,5 



11,2 



9 



Koh Lak 



27 /nl914 



130 



59 



60 



12 



9 



Koon Tan 



28 /s 1914 



135 



00 



61,6 



11,5 



<? 



Koon Tan 



52 /ö 1914 



128 



61,5 



61,5 



12,1 



ö" 



Pa Hing 



% 1914 



12G 



60,5 



59 



12 



ef 



Koon Tan 



21 /& 1914 



130 



64,5 



62 



11 



ef 



Pak Koh 



1E /i 1914 



130 



63 



60 



11 



9 



Pak Koh 



15 /i 1914 



123 



62,6 



59,5 



11,8 



Irides: blackish brown. Bill: black. Legs: black. 



Commonly distributed in scrub-jungle in the North of Siarn. It also occured, though 

 not quite as common, at the neighbourhood of Koh Lak in the Siamese Malaya. Even 

 as far south as in Bandon and in some other places further south in the Malay Penin- 

 sula this species has been met with, but south of these places and on the Sunda Islands 

 it is replaced by the allied Hemipus öbscurus Horsf. which is characterized by the lacking 

 of a white bar along the wing. 



K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Band 56. N:o 2. 6 



