36 GYLDBNSTOLPE, BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO SIAM. 



cT '7=i 12. Pak Pau. - $ "'/i 12. Noii Luum. 



Length =- 260 mm. Lengtli =- 260 mm. 



Wing - 159 » Wing =155 * 



Tail = 92 » Tail = 85 » 



Iris = briglit yellow. 



57. Aethiopsar grandis Moore. — The Siamese Mynah was very common 

 everywhere on favourable localities and followed the tame water-biiffaloes in great 

 flocks. They were of ten seen on the backs and heads of the buffaloes or following 

 with great interest every step taken by the cattle. As soon as they got siglit of 

 an insect or a worm they at once caught it and seemed capable of consuming im- 

 mense quantities of food. 



Length of 2 c^d" = 250^245 mm. 

 Wing >> 2 d"cf = 136-135 » 

 Tail . 2 c^J'^ 80— 85 » 



Iris = brown. 



This bird only inhabits certain parts of the Burmese countries extending east- 

 wards to Siam and Cochin China. 



58. Sturnopastor floweri Sharpe. — I often saw flocks of these Mynahs in 

 some of the gardens at Bangkok and they were also abundant in several localities 

 in Central Siam especially in the valley of the Menam Chao Phaya river. They agree 

 well with the description given by Sharpe (BuU. Brit. Orn. Cl. 7, p. XVII) from 

 two skins received from Pachim and Takkamen in Siam. As far as I know these 

 are the only specimens yet examined, Sturnopastor floiveri is closely allied to Sturno- 

 pastor superciliaris Blyth. but differs from that species among otlier things in having 

 the upper parts of the body pure black und not brownish black. 



Fam. Muscicapidae. 



59. Siphia albicilla Fall. — During my journey I got two specimens of the 

 Eastern Red-breasted Flycatcher and botli were shot in Northern Siam, the one in 

 an old nearly overgrown clearing in the primeval forest near Bång Hue Hom, and 

 the otlier at Den Chai. 



This species is only a winter visitor in the eastern parts of the Indian Empire 

 extending southwards to Tenasserim. It breeds in Eastern Siberia and Northern 

 China. 



c^(V) Va 12. Den Chai. $ ^^s 12. Bång Ilue Hoiii. 



Length -=113 mm. Length =113 mm. 



Wing = 69 > Wing = 67,5 » 



Tail = 52 » Tail = 49 » 



