The Siam Barred Owlet,
Glaucidium cuculoides brugeli Parrot, Orn*. Gesell. in Bayern, viii, p. 104 (1907) (Bangkok).
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Similar to the preceding bird but less dark brown above, less rufous below and also decidedly smaller on an average.
Measurements. Wing 133 to 143 mm,
Colours of soft parts as in the other races.
Distribution. Siam. A bird from Karenni, with a wing of 136 mm., seems nearest this form but this is the only record of its occurrence within our limits.
Nidification. Herbert found this bird breeding freely round about Samkok and took three sets of eggs from natural hollows in large trees. The full clutch appears to be three, seven eggs averaging 34.3 x 30.1 mm. and vary between 33.9 x 29.0 and 36.2 x 30.3 mm.
Habits. Those of the species.
* Parrot, Orn. Gesell in Bayern, viii, p. 104 (1907) (Bangkok).
