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black. Gyldenstolpe's specimen differed in having the feet and toes 

 yellowish brown. 



The diminutive size of this sandpiper will separate it from any 

 other species known from the North except Erolia temminckii; from 

 that bird it may be known by its having the feathers of the upperparts 

 black, broadly edged with bright rufous and tipped with whitish, and 

 the outer tail feathers brown, and by its lack of a wing bar. 



CAPELLA GALLINAGO GALLINAGO (Linnaeus) 



Fan-tailed Snipe 



[Scolopax] Gallinago Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 147 



(Europe; type locality restricted to Sweden, apud Hartert). 

 Gallinago gallinago, Gyldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 236 



(listed) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 762 ("Throughout the whole country"). 

 Capella gallinago, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1928, p. 577 



(Chiang Mai). 

 Capella gallinago gallinago, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1929, p. 586 (Chiang Mai). — Detgnan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. SuppL 



1931, p. 172 (Chiang Mai) ; 1936, p. 83 (Chiang Mai). 



The f antail is probably common in winter throughout our provinces. 

 Eisenhof er sent to Stockholm three undated specimens from Khun Tan. 

 I took a male at Thattafang, on the Salwin, October 13, 1936. At 

 Chiang Mai it arrived in October and was present in some numbers 

 until March. 



I found it at the margins of ponds, at muddy places in the fields, 

 and especially on the marshes, whether great or small. It conceals 

 itself in the vegetation, from which when startled it bursts with rapid, 

 zigzagging flight, uttering a characteristic note that resembles the 

 syllable scape. 



One of my specimens had the irides dark brown ; the bill light horny 

 brown, with the apical third and edges of the commissure brownish 

 black ; the feet and toes dull olive-green ; the claws black. 



The two closely related species of nok som are so well known to all 

 residents of Thailand that no detailed description is necessary. From 

 the pintail the present species is not distinguishable in the field; in 

 the hand it may be known by the tail, of which the outer feathers are 

 scarcely narrowed and not at all stiffened. 



CAPELLA STENURA (Bonaparte) 



Pin-tailed Snipe 



Scolopax stenura "Kuhl" Bonapaete, Ann. Stor. Nat. Bologna, vol. 4, 1830, pp. 



335-336 (Sunda Islands, particularly the Island of Java). 

 Gallinago stenura, Gyldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 236 (listed). 

 Gallinago sthenura, Gyldenstolpe, Ibis, 1920, p. 762 ("Throughout the whole 



country"). 

 Capella megala, Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, p. 172 (Chiang 



Mai). 



