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This is a very common winter visitor to Siam, arriving in August 

 and leaving in April, according to Forty ^^; Deignan ^^ confirms these 

 dates for Chiengmai; Ogilvie-Grant,^® on the authority of Robinson, 

 states that it arrived in Patani the second week of September; Robin- 

 son ^ records it from Langkawi, February 10 to April 25, the latter a 

 late date. 



This species breeds in eastern Siberia and migrates to India, southern 

 China, Siam, Indo-China, the Malay Pensinula, Philippines, and the 

 Greater Sunda Islands. 



CAPELLA GALLINAGO RADDEI (Buturlln) 



Scolopax {Gallinago) gallinago raddei Buturlin, Limicolae of the Russian Empire, 

 pt. 1, p. 54, 1902 (East Siberia). 



One male and one female, Bangkok, November 2 and 3, 1926; two 

 males and one female, Nong Preng, January 29, 1927; two males and 

 four females, Potaram, February 7, 1926, and January 23, 1927; two 

 males, Bandon, January 9, 1927. 



Several in the above series have molted the outer tail feathers; 

 in this condition they are difficult to distinguish from C. stenura. The 

 latter has the under wing coverts more heavily barred with black 

 and the black bars on the axillaries broader. 



Gyldenstolpe ^ states that this form is fairly common during the 

 winter but not so common as C. stejiura. Forty ^ says that it arrives 

 at Bangkok in September and departs in the first half of March or 

 somewhat later; Deignan* states that at Cliiengmai it is common 

 from September to March. There is a specimen from the island of 

 Salanga (Puket) in the Hume collection.* 



The form breeds in eastern Siberia and migrates to India, Siam, 

 Indo-China, the Philippines, and the Greater Sunda Islands. 



SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA RUSTICOLA Linnaeus 



Scolopax rusiicola Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 146, 1758 (Sweden). 



One female, Nong Khor, southeastern Siam, February 5, 1927; 

 one female, Khun Tan, 3,000 feet, February 15, 1932. 



Deignan ** reports this as an uncommon winter visitor on the plain 

 at Chiengmai. Gyldenstolpe ^ says that the woodcock has been met 

 with a few times in northern and central Siam during the winter time; 

 Robinson and lOoss ^ state that W. J. F. Williamson informed them 



»' Journ. Nat. Uist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 137, 1923. 

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

 «» Fasciculi Malayenses, pt. 3, p. 117, 1905. 

 ' Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 7, p. 141, 1917. 

 > Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 147, 1916. 

 « Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p 137, 1923. 

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

 • Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 24, p. 641, 1896. 

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

 ' Ibis, 1920, p. 762. 



» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, 1921, p. 69. 

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