LDEMIENS HANDLINGAR. 



BAND 



50 



. n:o 8. 



$ V2 1912 Den Cliai. 







? "A 1912 Pak Pan. 



Lengtli -- 250 mm. 







Length -=265 mm. 



Wing - 120 » 







Wing = 120 » 



Tail = 75 . 







Tail = 76 » 



Culmen = 30 » 







Culmen -=31 » 



51 



J* 'Vi 1912 Sakerat. 

 Wing =127 mm. 

 Tail = 82 ^ 

 Culmen = 29 » 



99. Cyanops cyanotis Godw. Aust. — Seems to be very rare in Siam, at 

 least in the parts of the country I visited. On the 12th of February, during an 

 excursion into the jungles between Bång Hue Hom and Kao Plyng I was attracted 

 by a faint tapping on a dry tree, and approaching I at last caught sight of a spe- 

 cinien of this bird. It was not shy at all and I could observe its behaviour for 

 rather a long time. It beliaved quite like a Woodpecker when searching for food 

 and was climbing the stem just like a Woodpecker. Now and then the bird was 

 calling always nodding the head in rather a peculiar manner. 



The specimen, a male in full plumage, is showing the foUowing measures. 



Length -= 163 mm. Tail =54 mm. 



Wing ■= 82 . Culmen = 17 » 



100. Xantholaema haematocephala P. L. S. Mull. — Heard several times in 

 the northern districts where the Coppersmith seems to be more abundant than in 

 the eastern or central parts of the country. Round Muang Pré it was very com- 

 mon and after dusk I often heard its peculiar note which very much resembles a 

 stone thrown on thin ice. As already said it was more rare in Eastern and Central 

 Siam though not entirely absent on suitable localities. 



Fain. CoraciiclaB. 



101. Coracias affinis Mc Clell, — Rollers were met with several times during 

 my journey. In the great primeval tropical forests I never observed it, but both 

 on the Korat plateau and in Northern and Central Siam it was fairly common, 

 especially in the open dry forests. It was very shy and rather difficult to get, ex- 

 cept when the birds were coming to catch insects near the jungle fires. The natives 

 often keep this beautiful bird as a cage-bird and this was especially the case among 

 the Eastern Laos' tribes and in tlieir districts the Rollers were so shy that it was 

 almost impossible to get within range. As soon as the birds caught sight of a human 

 being they at once took to flight uttering their lioarse, crackling note. 



Parrot lias described [Verh. Ornith. Ges. in Bayern VIII, 1907 (1908)] under 

 the name of Coracias affinis theresice two birds from Siam which differ from the 

 typical Coracias affinis Mc Clell. in being of smaller size and of a darker colour 

 on the upper parts of the body than specimens from Burma, Cachar, Pegu and 

 Sikkim. I have not myself had the opportunity of examining tliese two specimens 



