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188. Cyanops ramsayi. Wald. 



R,amsay's Golden-throated I >ai het . 



60 in in. : C 21 mm.; Tai u 



J Doi Par Sakeng 7? 1914. L = 187 mm.; W — 98 mm.; T 

 21 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: yellowish green. 



I only me t with this species once in Northwestern Siarn, where a male specimen 

 was shot on the slopes of a limestone hil] near Doi Par Sakeng. In no other parts of the 

 country it was öbtäined or observed why it seems to be exccedingly rare in Siarn. 



When the specimen was shot it was in company with some other kind of Barbets, 

 such as Therciceryx Jineatus hodgsoni Bp. and Cyanops davisoni Hume. and the hirds 

 were busily feeding on the frnits of a banyan tree. 



189. Therciceryx phaeostricta. Bp. 



Therciceryx phceostricta saigonensis: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 230. 

 Therciceryx phceostricta: Kobinson III p. 737. 



Sex 



Locality 



Date 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 



ef 



Koon 



Tan 





ad. 



Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Doi Par 



Sakeng 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 





9 



Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 





Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 





9 



Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Koon 



Tan 





ef 



Doi Par 



Sakeng 



■ides : 



brown t 



~> reddisk 



brown. 



J A 1914 



,e /ö 1914 



1914 



23 /: 1914 

 % 1914 



M /« 1014 

 9 / 9 1914 



1s /ö 1914 

 '/fl 1914 



u /.-. 1914 

 7b 1914 

 T /o 1914 



**h 1914 



Length Wing 



Tail 



Gulmen i Tnrsus 



235 

 239 



212 

 225 

 230 

 220 

 240 

 245 

 215 

 250 

 212 

 202 



112 

 111 

 114 

 112 

 110 

 110 

 115 

 112 

 110 

 111 

 110 

 111 

 112 



77 



75 



75 



71 



09,6 



73 



70 



80 



80 



71 



80 



74 



72 



28 

 28 

 25 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 26 

 25 

 29 

 21 

 27 

 24 

 26 



Bill: korn colour with the base plumbeous. Legs 



23 



25 



23,5 



25 



24 



24 



23 



24 



25 



24 



24 



24 



24 



creeuisk olive. 





This Barbet was fairly common in the Northern hill-forests as for instance at Koon 

 Tan and. at Doi Par Sakeng and a fine series was obtained. 



Neumann separated the form inhabiting the lower Cochin China on accoimt of 

 its smaller size and comparatively shorter bill from typical Th. phaeostricta Bp. which 

 inhabits Annam, Tonkin and Southern China. 



As seen by the measures taken on the series from Siarn the bilis are a little shorter 

 than what is stated for typical phaeostricta viz. 29 — 30 mm., but the wings in these same 

 Siamese specimens are quite as large as those of typical phaeostricta and Neumann's tj^pe 

 specimen for his Th. p. saigonensis may only have been an exceptionally small bird. 



1 therefore think that saigonensis Neum. is not worthy of subspecific separation. 

 This is also confirmed by what has recently been stated by Kobinson for the birds col- 

 lected by Mr. Boden Kloss in the Chantäboon District of Southeastern Siarn, thus on 

 localities situated not far from the place where Neumann's type was collected. 



