42 QYLDENSTOLPE, BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO SIAM. 



parts. One male shot oii the 17th of February 1912 at Pak Pan is already in 

 spring plumage. 



74. Limonidromus indicus Gm. — The Förest Wagtail is only to be found in 

 Siam during the winter months, but during this period it was met with several 

 times, but only in the northern parts of the country. 



It is never to be seen in open places, but near or rather on the banks in the 

 small creeks running through the dense forests this bird was not rare in February 

 and March. It breeds in Northern China and Fastern Siberia. 



(^ 20/g 1912 Pak Pan. 

 Length =160 mm. 

 Wing -- 76 » 

 Tail = 68 * 

 Culmen = 12 » 

 Iris = black. 



75. Anthus trivialis maculatus Jerd. — This Tree-pipit was not uncommon 

 in the bamboo- and secondary jungles in the North of Siam. Especially near Den 

 Chai they were plentiful and I observed small flocks several times. It is onl}^ a 

 winter visitor in this part of the world, its breeding places being confined to Sibe- 

 ria, Northern China and Japan. 



One female specimen shot on the lOth of February at Den Chai measures as 

 follows: Length -= 145 mm., Tail =67 mm. 



76. Anthus richardi Striolatus Blyth. This Pipit was also found in the 

 more open places in the dry forests which surround Den Chai and Pak Pan. Like 

 the preceding species this bird is only a winter visitor having its breeding haunts 

 in the higher parts of the Himalayas. 



Anthus richardi striolatus Blyth. is closely allied to Anthus richardi Vieill. but 

 differs from that bird by its smaller size. Especially the wings are not so large as 

 those in Richard's Pipit as in also the case with the bill and the hind claw. 



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1912 Den Chai. 



Length 



= 185 mm 



Wing 



= 87 » 



Tail 



= 78 » 



Tarsus 



= 26 » 



Bill 



= 14 » 



Hind c' 



law 15 > 



Faiii. Nectariniidae. 



77. Aethopyga cara Hume. — This very beautiful Sun-bird is an inhabitant 

 of secondary- and dense brushwood jungles and was chiefly found in these or in old 



