42 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 



63. Tephrodornis pondicerianus. Gm. — The Common Wood-Shrike. 



Tephrodornis pondicerianus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 32; Gyldenstolpe III p. 168. 



J 1 Koon Tan ,5 /r, 1914. L = 1G2 mm.; W = 85,2 mm.; T = 65 mm.; C = 16 mm. — $ Koon Tan 

 13 /i 1914. L = 156 mm.; W = 84 mm.; T = 65 mm.; C = 15 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: 

 plumbeous. 



This Wood Shrike was rather rare in the parts of the country visited by the Ex- 

 pedition and only two specimens were obtained during the whole journey. 

 When observed they were in company with Minivets. 



64. Tephrodornis pelvicus. Hodgs. - The Nepal Wood-Shrike. 



Tephrodornis pelvicus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 32; Gyldenstolpe III p. 168. 



J 1 Koon Tan - 3 /i 1914. L = 200 mm.; W = 114 mm.; T = 87 mm.; C = 18,5 mm. — J 1 Pa Hiug 

 n /i 1914. L = 218 mm.; W = 114 mm.; T = 86 mm.; C = 19 mm. — J 1 Koon Tan *% 1914. L = 212 

 mm.; W = 117 mm.; T = 87,5 mm.; C = 18,. -i mm. — £ Doi Tar Sakeng 15 /? 1914. L = 205 mm.; W = 

 116 mm.; T = 96 mm.; C == 19 mm. - - J 1 Koon Tan */« 1914. L = 206 mm.; W = 116 mm.; T = 85 

 mm.; C = 20 mm. — <$ Koon Tan 2 7i 1914. L = 203 mm.; W = 111 mm.; T = 87,5 mm.; C = 20,5 

 mm. — $ Koon Tan 29 / 5 1914. L = 195 mm.; W = 112 mm.; T = 82 mm.; C = 20 mm. — Irides: 

 yellowish brown. Bill: blackish brown. Legs: plumbeous. 



The Nepal Wood-Shrike was rather abnndant in the Northern and Northwestern 

 parts of the country. In the Siamese Malaya it was never observed during my journey 

 though this species or the southern T. gularis Raffl. may occur. 



The immature birds are somewhat differing from the adult in having the feathers 

 of the back and the wing-coverts tipj)ed with påle brownish white, and with a sub- 

 terminal black bar. The secondaries are also tipped with påle brownish white but the sub- 

 terminal black bar is wanting and there is also a well-marked brownish white edge on 

 the outer webs of these feathers. The tail-feathers are dusky brown tipped and margined 

 with brownish white. The irides are greyish yellow instead of yellowish brown in adult 

 specimens, and the bill is påle brown instead of blackish brown. 



65. Platylophus ardesiacus. Cab. — The Jay-Shrike. 



Flatyloplius ardesiacus: Robinson & Kloss p. 69; Robinson I p. 109. 



cf Hat Sanuk 18 /,> 1915. L = 265 mm.; W =, 141 mm.; T = 126 mm.; C = 22 mm.; Tarsus = 30,5 

 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: black. 



A small party of this pretty bird, which has previously not been found out of the 

 Malay Peninsula, were observed in a damp evergreen forest near Hat Sanuk in Siamese 

 Malaya on the 18th of February 1915. 



It is a very restless bird which is always on the move flying from tree to tree uttcr- 

 ing its peculiar note which consists of a whistling uttered in three tones. When resting 

 on a branch it kceps its long crest erect while it constantly bows and turns the body in all 

 directions. It is rather a shy bird and difficult to approach in the tangle of vegetation. 



