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183. Picumnus innominatus malayorum. Hart. The Speckled Piculet. 



J* Koon Tan -' :. 1914. I- 87 mm.; \V 

 [rides: black. Bill: black, l.egs: iilumbeous. 



29 mm.; C = = 10 mm.; '1'arsus = 9 mm. 



A single male specimen of the Speckled Piculet was collected in a narrow vallcv 

 among the Koon Tan mountains. During one of my excursions I was attracted by the 

 faint tapping of a Woodpecker or a Nuthatch quite close to me. It lasted quite a long 

 time before I could locate the bird. Suddenly J caught sight of a specimen of this species 

 which was busily tapping on a thin bamboo sapling. 



This race has been separated from the typical P. i. innominatus Burton, on account 

 of its darker colouring and of its olive-brown crown. 



The specimen obtained, which was sexed male, has a few feathers of the forehead 

 tipped with orange-red. These same feathers have a subterminal quite distinct black 

 bar. At the base of the bill there is a narrow line of a greenis.li olive colour. 



184. Sasia ochracea reichenowi. Hesse. 



The Rufous Piculet. 



ef Doi Par Sakeng 29 /o 1914. L = 87 mm.: W = 52,5 mm.; T = 23,5 mm.; C = 12 mm.; Tarsus = 

 10 mm. — Irides: crimson. Bill: horn colour, max: plumbeous grey. Legs: orange. 



The Rufous Piculet inhabiting Siarn belongs to the same form which Hesse (Ornith. 

 Monatsber. 1911 p. 181) has separated under the name of S. o. reichenowi. This subspe- 

 cific race also inhabits North Cachar, Burma and Tenasserim. It is chiefly characterized 

 by being much brighter coloured on the upper and under parts of the body. Its size is 

 also much smaller than typical S. ochracea Hodgs. 



During my journey only a single male specimen was obtained by my Dyak collector. 

 It was shot at the slopes of Doi Par Sakeng, a fairly high limestone mountain situated 

 south of Muang Fång, a small town in Northwestern Siarn not far from the Burmese 

 frontier. I myself never observed it and it is probably a very rare bird though it is very 

 easy to escape notice on account of its small size. 



Fam. Capitonidse. 



185. Megalsema virens. Bodd. - The Great Chinese Barbet. 

 Megalcema virens: Gyldenstolpe III p. 230. 



Sex 



Looality 



Date 



Length 



Wing 



Tail 



Culmen 



Tarsus 









mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



9 



Koon Tan 



S8 /fi 1914 



300 



128 



97 



32 



28 



ef 



Koon Tan 



c /o 1914 



270 



130 



90 



30 



28 



ef 



Doi Par Sakeng 



17 A 1914 



280 



134 



99 



37 



29 



9 



Doi Par Sakeng 



ls / : 1914 



290 



132 



98 



38 



27 



ef 



Koon Tan 



4 /g 1914 



302 



130 



105 



36 



26 



9 



Doi Par Sakeng 



'"/t 1914 



295 



136 



111 



40 



27 



9 



Koon Tan 



'•7<j 1914 



300 



132 



103 



40 



26 



<f 



Doi Par Sakeng 



"7t 1914 



322 



142 



105 



40 



28 



ef 



Koon Tan 



s /a 1914 



•-'77 



137 



100 



34 



29 



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