32 GYLDENSTOLPE, BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXBEDITION TO SIAM. 



west of a small river running close to the native huts at Bång Hue Horn. The 

 specimen, shot on the 23rd of February, is a female showing the following mea- 

 siirements : 



Length: 190 mm. 



Wing: 86 » 



Tail: 80 » 



Culmen : 14 » 



43. Lanius schach tephronotus Vig. — Of this Shrike which is a winter visiter 

 in the Indo-Chinese countries I got a female specimen shot in a brushwood jungle 

 near Bång Hue Hom on the 22nd of February. Length = 205 mm., Wing = 95 mm., 

 Tail =108 mm., Culmen = 16 mm. 



44. Hemipus picatus Sykes. — This bird which occurs över the whole of 

 Western India to Burma and down to the extreme south of Tenasserim was very 

 common in favourable localities in different parts of Siam and in the collection there 

 are specimens from the Eastern as well as from the Central and Northern provinces. 

 It lives in secondary- and brushwoodjungles and both in its behavior and its gene- 

 ral appearance it strongly resembles a flycatcher. 



Length of 3 <^^U0, 135 & 127 mm. resp. 



» » ? = 125 mm. 

 Wing » 3 c^= 63, 62 & 65 mm. resp. 



» > ? = 60 mm. 



Tail » 3 cf= 62, 60 & 65 mm. resp. 



» » $ = 63 mm. 



45. Tephrodornis pelvicus Hodgs. — The only place where I had the oppor- 

 tunity of observing this Wood-shrike was at Den Chai and at this place I noticed a 

 few specimens in a dry forest on the lOth of February 1912. 



?$ Den Chai 10/2 1912. 

 . ' Length = 185 — 195 mm. 



Wing =109 mm. 

 ' ' Tail - 81—83,6 mm. 



46. Tephrodornis pondicerianus Gm. — Observed in the teak- and oak forests 

 east of the town of Muang Pré but always very scarce. On the 3rd of March when 

 making a trip to these forests I noticed rather a big party of these birds, which 

 were busy feeding high up in the trees and of this flock I shot two males which 

 are showing the measures given below. 



cT 7:i 1912 Muang Pré. ^ ^3 1912 Muang Pré. 



Length = 160 mm. Length =162 mm. 



Wing = 87 » Wing = 85 » 



Tail = 70 » Tail = 70 ^ 



