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Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male at Lay Song Hong, Trang, 

 October 3, 1896; and a female on Pulo Langkawi, December 2, 1899. 



Robinson and Kloss^^ state that this sandpiper is found in the Malay 

 Penmsula throughout the year, the summer residents probably being 

 sterile. Deignan '*'* gives it as common at Chiengmai from September 

 to April. 



Next to the wood sandpiper tliis is probably the commonest migrant 

 sandpiper occurring in Siam. It breeds throughout temperate Europe 

 and Asia, migrating late in summer to Africa and southern Asia and 

 south through the Philippines and the Sunda Islands to Australia. 



LIMNODKOMUS SEMIPALMATUS (BIylh) 



Macrorhamphus semipalmatus Bltth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 17, p. 252, 



1848 (Calcutta). 

 Micropalama taczanowskia Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1860, p. 20G, pi. 14 



(Dauria). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male on Pulo Adang, Butang Islands, 

 December 15, 1899. 



This dowitcher is a very rare bird in collections. Williamson °^ 

 records a male shot by Aagaard at the mouth of the Lacon River, 

 Nakon Sritamarat, September 1, 1911; Robinson and Kloss ^^ say 

 they have a specimen taken in the Dindings by Williamson's collector. 



It is known to breed from western Siberia east to Transbaikalia and 

 central Mongolia, migrating to northern India, Burma, Cliina, Siam, 

 and Indo-China. 



CAPELLA STENURA (Kuhl) 



Scolopax sienura Kuhl, in Bonaparte, Ann. Storia Nat. Bologna, vol. 4, p. 335 

 1830 (Sunda Islands). 



Three males and four females, Bangkok, September 12 and 17, 

 and November 8, 1925, and November 2 and 3, 1926; two males and 

 two females, Koh Chang, January 4 and 7, 1926; four males and one 

 female, Nong Khor, near Sriracha, southeast Siam March 20 and 24, 

 1926; four females, Kao Seming, Krat, October 12 and 15, 1928; one 

 male, Bung Borapet, March 22, 1933. 



The follo^^dng specimens of this snipe collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott 

 in the Malay Peninsula or vicinity are in the United States National 

 Museum: Four males and three females, Trang (Prahmon, March 16, 

 1896; Lay Song Hong, October 26-December 23, 1896; Chong, 

 January 22, 1897; Trang, February 12, 1897); two males and three 

 females, Pulo Langkawi, December 1-6, 1899; one female, Tanjong 

 Badak, Tenasserim, March 25, 1904. 



"Ibis, lyu, p. 13. 



»< Journ. Siiira Soc. Nat. nist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 172, 1931. 



»» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siani, vol. 2, p. 62, 1916. 



•« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 64, 1921. 



