KUNQL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. NIO 2. 71 



It has a fine whistling note which it utters both when flying or wlicn perohing at a top 

 of a high tree. 



The most southern locality where I met with this species wasal fche Qeighbourhood 

 of Koh Lak, but down there it was rare and only a few specimens were observed. These 

 southern birds seems to be of a paler grey colour than specimens obtained in the northern 

 localities but are still not worthy of separation as a distinct race. 



128. Volvocivora melachistus intermedia. Hume. 



i Koh Lak 2S /n 1914. L = 190 mm.; W =111 mm.; T = 97 mm.; C = 13 mm. — Iridcs: brownish 

 red. Bill: black. Legs: blackish brown. 



Among the Cuckoo-Shrikes collected at Koh Lak in the Siamese Malaya there is 

 a specimen which I have referred to the above-mentioned race of V. melachistus, 011 

 account of its having the under tail-coverts pure slaty grey and exactly of the same colour 

 as the rest of the under surface. The central tail-feathers are also black with a greenish 

 gloss und have a broad white tip. On the inner side of the primaries, except the first one, 

 there are large white patches. The under wing-coverts are almost pure white though 

 spotted and barred with grey. 



129. Volvocivora lugubris saturata. Swinh. 



$ Koon Tan 5 / 9 1914. L = 215 mm.; W = 117 mm.; T = 111 mm.; C = 13,2 mm.; Tarsus — 19 

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



A single specimen of this species was obtained in a mixed pine- and oak forest in 

 the Koon Tan mountains. 



This specimen perfectly well agrees with Swinhoe's description. 



In Siarn it seems to be rare and it has not been recorded from that country before. 



130. Volvocivora melanoptera avensis. Blyth. 



Campophaga melanoptera: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 168. 

 Volvocivora avensis: Muller p. 365. 



$ Koh Lak 23 /n 1914. L = 205 mm.; W = 111 mm.; T= 109 mm.; C= 15 mm. — J 1 Koh Lak 

 15 /i» 1914. L=192 mm.; W = 109 mm.; T = 102 mm.; C = 13 mm. — J 1 Koon Tan "/» 1914. L = 

 205 mm.; W= 109 mm.; T = 111 mm.; C= 13 mm. — Irides: <£ brown. $ brownish red. Bill: <$ black. 

 $ horn colour. Legs: J* black. $ blackish brown. 



This race which I think is quite distinct from the typical V. m. melanoptera was 

 found in Northern Siarn as well as in the Siamese Malaya. At this latter locality two 

 specimens were collected: one male in full plumage and one female. This latter speci- 

 men has the underparts of the body, with the exception of the pure white under tail- 

 coverts, barred with greyish brown more closely on the chin and throat. 



