;8 PROCEEDTNOS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Family RALLID^E. 



HYPOTiENIDIA STRIATA (Linnaeus). 

 \_Jlaliuii'] .s/r/a/us LINN.EUS, Syat. Nat., 12tli ed., l>t. 1, 1766, p. 262 (Philippines)]! 

 "Coinmoii ill the sowahs. One caught in a rat trap" (Simalur). 

 Thi« si)echnen, a female, measures 241 imii. "Iris pale yelloN 

 brown." 



AMAURORNIS PHCENICURUS (Forster). 

 IRallm'] phmiicumx Forsteh, Zool. Indica, 1781, p. IH, pi. ix (Ceylon). 

 Three specimens, from Simalur, where it was "common in the padd;'; 

 fields." These examples, all males, measure 298-318 mm. "Irii 

 brown; bill green, brownish over nostrils; forehead red." 



Family ARDEID^E. 



ARDEA SUMATRANA Raffles. 



Ardea xainatraua Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 2, 1822, p. IL 

 ( Sumatra) . 



No specimens were shot, but the species was observed both on Bab 

 andTuangku. On Simalur it was noted as "common. This specie; 

 seems to nest singly, not in heronries. A nest, with two well -grow; 

 young ones, was found in a tree overhanging the fresh-water ci^eeij 

 at Telok Dalam." 



DEMIGRETTA SACRA (Gmelin). 



[Ardea'] sacra Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 2, 1788, p. 640 (Tahiti). 



One female, from Simalur, where it w'as "common along the se&i 

 shore." Also noted as "common" on Tuangku. 



BUTORIDES JAVANICA (Horsfield). 



Ardea jamnica Hoesfield, Trans. Linn. Soc^ Loud., XIII, Pt. 1, May, 1821, ] 

 190 (Java). 



"Common" on Simalur, where two males were obtained. Tlic^ 

 measure: Length, 470, -ITP); wing, 192, ISO; culmen, 0^) and <i4 luiii 

 respectively. 



ARDEOLA, species. 



" Ardea grayi (or hacclius). One seen in Telok Dalam." 

 Family TRERONID^E. 



SPHENOCERCUS OXYURUS (Temminck). 



Columba oxyura "Reinw." Temminck, PI. Col., IV (Pt. 41), Dec. 1823, pi. cc: 

 (Java). 



One specimen, from Tapanuli Bay. This is sexed as a female, bi 



agrees with Salvadori's description of the young male.^' Length, 32 ; 



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"Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, p. 8. 



