KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS IIANDUNUAU. HAND 56. NIO 2. 



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Sex 



Locality 



Da te 



Length 

 mm. 



Wing 

 mm. 



Tail 



mm. 



< 'ulmen 



mm. 



Tärs u8 

 mm. 



d" 



<f juv 

 c? juv 



9 



9 



9 



9 



Koon Tan 

 Doi Par Sakong 

 Doi Par Sakeng 



Koon Tan 

 Doi Par Sakeng 



Koon Tan 



Koon Tan 

 Koh Lak Paa 



3, /6 1914 

 'Vi 1914 

 "/t 1914 



°/o 1914 

 xs /t 1914 



6 /e 1914 

 J % 1914 



7 /iil914 



250 

 245 

 202 

 148 

 215 

 191 

 205 

 200 



92,6 



170 



13,5 



91 



14G 



15 



80 



105 



15 



77 



G2 



12 



85,5 



125 



10 



87 



117 



14,3 



86,2 



100,5 



15 



82 



121 



15 



21,1 



23 



22 



21 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 22 



Irides: black. Bill: black. Legs: påle flesh colour. 



The Shama is a common bird över the whole of Siarn and is foiind 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 Siarn 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 southcrn 

 form — the typical K. m. macrurus Gm. — in being paler on the upper parts of the body. 

 This påle 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. 



$ Ban Kia 2i /s 1914. L = 129 mm.; W = 64 mm.; T = 50 mm.; C = 10 mm. - - $ Koh Lak V" 

 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 Siarn on about Lat. N. 19° 10' and at an altitude of about 4 600 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 

 Siarn. 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 

 Siarn. 



88. Pratincola caprata bicolor. Sykes. — The Common Pied Bush-Chat. 



Pratincola caprata: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 170. 



$ Koon Tan 2 % 1914. L = 124 mm.; W = 68,3 mm.; T = 54 mm.; C = 11 mm. — £ Koon Tan 

 12 / 5 1914. L = 137 mm.; W = 65,5 mm.; T = 55 mm.; C = 10,5 mm. — £ Koon Tan * 8 / 4 1914. L = 132 

 mm.; W = 66,5 mm.; T = 56 mm.; C = 11 mm. — $ Koon Tan 12 / 5 1914. L = 128 mm.; W = 65 mm.; 



