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197. Penthoceryx sonnerati. Latii. The Bänded Bay Cuckoo. 



Penthoceryx sonnerati: Gyldenstolpe I p. 5s; Williainson I ]>. 4t>: Robinson a Kloss p. 111 Muller p. 404. 



$ Pa Iling »/* 1914. I- 240 mm.; W 119 mm.; T = 126 mm.; C 22 mm.; Tarsu 15 

 inni. — Irides: yellowish brown. Bill: black. Legs: greenish grey. 



A single female specimen of the Banded Bay Cuckoo was obtained on the top of a 

 low hill near Pa Hing in Northern Siarn. 



It belongs to the typical race and not to the smaller form which inhabits the Malay 

 Peninsula and Islands. This southern form has been given the tiame of ['. .s\ praratv* 

 Horsf. and may eventually be found in the Siamese Malaya. 



198. Eudynamis orientalis malayana. Cab. & Heine. The Indian Koél. 



Eudynamis honorata: Gyldenstolpe I p. 58; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 233: Barton p. 107: Flower 

 p. 326; Williamson I p. 46; Gairdner p. 32: Oustalet 1899 p. 271: Grant p. 105: Bonhote p. 74: 

 Gairdner p. 150; Robinsou III p. 737. 



Eudynamis orientalis malayana. Parrot p. 109. 



Eudynamis orientalis: Robinsou & Kloss p. 41; Gould p. 151; Schomburgl< p. 259: Robinson II p. 140. 



Eudynamis malayana: Finscb & Conrad p. 356. 



Eudynamis malayanus: Muller p. 406. 



$ Bång Hue Pong 8 / 5 1914. L = 400 mm.; W == 199 mm.; T = 202 mm.; C = 30 mm.; Tarsus = 

 30 mm. — $ Koon Tan V;, 1914. L = 408 mm.; W == 202 mm.; T == 206 mm.: C = 28 mm.; Tarsus = 

 30 mm. — Irides: red. Bill: greenish yellow. Legs: blackish grey. 



Though the Koél is rather common and generally distributed över the whole of 

 Siarn, I only succeeded in obtaining two females, the one shot at Koon Tan and the other 

 one at Bång Hue Pong, both places in Northern Siarn and situated not far from each 

 other. 



It is with some hesitation that I have referred the KoéTs from Siarn to the sub- 

 species malayana. In the literature there is a great confusion about this species, which 

 highly needs a revision based on a large material. 



Collingwood Ingram described as lately as 1912 (No vitates Zoologien Vol. 20 

 p. 279) the race inhabiting Hainan as E. o. harterti, which is separated from the Indian 

 bird, E. o. honoratus Linn., on account of its having a conspicuouslylarger bill andlarger 

 wings. 



In the collections of the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm there are 

 unfortunately no specimens from the Indian Continent, but according to some measure- 

 ments recorded in the literature the Siamese specimens seem to be larger than the Indian 

 race, thus more approaching E. o. harterti or E. o. malayana Cab. & Heine to which 

 lätt er subspecies I have referred them in the present paper. 



199. Centropus sinensis intermedia. Hume. The Crow-Pheasant. 



Centropus sinensis: Gyldenstolpe I p. 59: Gyldenstolpe II; Williamson I p. 46; Barton p. 107: Robinson 



& Kloss p. 41; Gairdner p. 32: Grant p. 105; Bonhote p. 74; Gairdner p. 150. 

 Centropus sinensis sinensis: Parrot p. 109. 

 Centropus philippensis: Gould p. 151; Schomburgk p. 258. 



