KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. HAND 56- NIO 2. 



01 



Sex 



Locality 



Dato 



Total length 



Wing 



Ta il 



< ulmen 



Tarsus 









mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm 



9 



Pak Koh 



"Vi 1914 



117 



5(1 



49 



1 1 ."> 



17 



o 1 



Pak Koh 



"1* 1914 



112 



52 



52 



11,2 



18 



ef 



Pak Koli 



"7< 1914 



117 



51 



53 



11,7 



]H 



9 



Koon Tan 



13 /s 1914 



123 



53 



54 



11 



ID 



<f 



Pak Koh 



10 /i 1914 



104 



52 



50 



11 



17 



9 



Koon Tan 



% 1914 



119 



51 



50 



12 



10 



9 



Koon Tan 



*jo 1914 



118 



52 



51 



11 



10 



o" 



Koon Tan 



"k 1914 



123 



55 



54 



12 



17 



o" 



Do i Par Sakeng 



"A 1914 



115 



50 



51 





17 



9 



Doi Par Sakeng 



"7: 1914 



108 



52 



-19 



12 



17 



<? 



Pak Koh 



I8 /« 1914 



123 



53 



54 



12 



17 



[rides: white, yellow or yellowish wliite. Bill: horn colour. Legs: dirty yellow. 



Verv common in suitable localities över the whole country soutli to about Lat. N. 

 1 T 45'. 



The Yellow-breasted Babbler inhabiting Siarn, and of which I have a large series, 

 is decidedly smaller than the measures being recorded for M. g. rubricapittus Tick. 

 Harrington gives the wing in that species as measuring from 57 — 61 mm. and the 

 tarsus to 20 mm. As seen by the measnrements given above none of my specimens 

 have a wing measuring more than 55 mm. and the tarsus not more than 18 mm. 



Unfortunately I have no specimens from Burma, Assam or Sikkim to compare 

 with, but two specimens from Ahsown in Tenasserim are absolutely identical with Sia- 

 mese birds. 



Therefore I believe that the race of the Yellow-breasted Babbler which inhabits 

 Siarn and Tenasserim ought to be separated under a new subspecific name which I pro- 

 pose to be Mixomis gularis minor. 



Description: Similar to M. g. rubrica pillus, Tick., but differing from that bird in 

 being smaller. The extreme point of the forehead and the lores are påle yellow ivithout 

 any black shaft-stripes; supercilium very påle yellow; crown ferruginous, blending on 

 the nape with the olive green of the upper plumage; ear-coverts yellowish green with 

 påle shafts; chin and throat »strontian yellow» (Ridgway, Plate 16); the feathers of the 

 throat having black shaft-stripes; remainder of under surface dull greenish yellow. 



Type: <$ ad. Pak Koh, Northern Siarn a / t 191-4. Coll. N. Gyldenstolpe. 



Specimens examined: 15 from Siarn and 2 from Tenasserim. 



Fam. Brachypterygidae. 



106. Myiophoneus cseruleus. Scop. 



1 ad. Koon Tan May 1914. W = 161 mm.; T = 118 mm.; C = 23 mm.; Tarsus = 43 mm. 



Tliis bird which inhabits China has previously not been recorded from any country 

 outside the Chinese limits. 



