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



99. Drymocataphus tickelli. Blyth. — TickelFs Babbler. 



Drymocataphus tickelli: Robinson & Kloss p. 60. Robinson I p. 104. 



ef Pak Koh 16 A 1914. L = 138 mm.; W = 63 mm.; T = 55 mm.; C = 13,5 mm. — $ Pak Koh 

 ir, A 1914. L = 132 mm.; W = 59 mm.; T = 50 mm.; C = 13 mm. — Irides: reddish brown. Bill: horn 

 colour. Legs: påle fleshy brown. • 



TickelFs Babbler was only observed a few times in Northern Siarn, 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 anv note as far as I can remember. 



100. Corythocichla brevicaudata. Blyth. — The Short-tailed Babbler. 



$ Doi Par Sakeug I5 / 7 1-914. L = 135 mm.; W = G4 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 Siarn 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 elump 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. Tliese 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 phseocephala magnirostris. Wald. — The Burmese Babbler. 



Alcippe phai/rei: Gyldenstolpe I p. 21; Robinson <fe Kloss p. 61; Robinson I p. 104. 



$ Doi Par Sakeng 1? / 7 1914. L = 145 mm.: W = 67 mm.; T = 72 mm.; C = 12 mm.; Tarsus = 

 17 mm. — Irides: whitish grey. Bill: dark horn colour. Legs: flesh colour. 



Very sparsely distributed över the Northern parts of the country. 



Harrington has recently (Journal Natural History Society, Bombay, Vol. 23 



