BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 95 



De Scliauensee " records rufcolUs from Chieng Sen Kao, Mekong 

 Kiver, northern Siam, January 13 ; Gyidenstolpe ^- says specimens have 

 been obtained at Patani, Peninsular Siam. 



The species breeds in northeastern Siberia and western Alaska 

 and migrates late in summer along the coast of eastern Asia and 

 through the Philippine and the Sunda Islands to Australia. 



PISOBIA TEMMINCKII (Leisler) 



Tringa temminckii Leisler, Nachtrage zu Bechsteins Naturgeschichte Deutsch- 

 lands, p. 78, 1812 (Haiiau, Germany). 



One female, Chomtong, northern Siam, November 29, 1928. 



Williamson ^^ records this sandpiper from Bangkok; Deignan '* 

 found it common in the winter of 1930-31 at Chiengmai; de Scliauen- 

 see ^^ records one from Bangkok, March 12; Lowe^** took a male on 

 the Meping, Alarch 7; on his third expedition de Schauensee^^ ob- 

 tained three females at Bangkok, November 3, and one female at 

 Chiengmai, January 26. 



This species breeds in northern Europe and Asia and migrates 

 late in summer to Africa and southern Asia. It is easily distinguished 

 from the other small stints occurring in Siam by the white outer tail 

 feathers. 



PISOBIA SUBMINUTA (Middendorff) 



Tringa suhminuta Middendorff, Reise in den aussersten Norden und Osten 

 Sibiriens . . ., vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 222, 1851 (Stanovoi Mountains, Siberia). 



One male, Meklong, April 12, 1926. 



Williamson ^* has recorded this stint from Bangkok; Sharpe '^ lists 

 two from the island of Salanga (Puket), taken in February and Alarch; 

 Baker ^^ reported a male in Herbert's collection from Klong Wang 

 Hip, Peninsular Siam; Gyidenstolpe"^ took a single female near vSap 

 Tue on the Mewong, Northern Siam, April 23, 1914; Robinson and 

 Kloss ^^ record a single male from Koh Lak, southwestern Siam, April 

 7, 1919, but say it is verj^ common. Deignan ^^ took a single male at 

 Chiengmai, January 30, 1932; de Schauensee ^* secured a male at 

 Chiengmai, January 26, and two specimens from Bangkok, October 

 1932. 



» Proc. Acad. Nal. Sci. Philadelphia, vol 81, p. 586, 1930. 



u Ibis, 1920, p. 7f)0. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 199, 1915. 



'« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 172, 1931. 



i» Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, p. 577, 1928. 



i« Ibis, 1933. p. 491. 



«' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 279, 1934. 



"Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 199, 1915. 



>» Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 24, p. 555, 1896. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 4, p. 39, 1920. 



>' Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Hundl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 146, 1916. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 68, 1921. 



« Rodgers and Deignan, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 47, p. 92, 1934. 



'* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 279, 1934. 



