BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 83 



Family JACANIDAE: Jacanas 



HYDROPHASIANUS CHIRURGUS (Scopoli) 



Tringa chirurgus Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae, pt. 2, p. 92, 178& 

 (Philippines). 



One immature male, Klong Rangsit, October 8, 1924 ; three immature 

 females, Potaram, February 5, 1926, and January 23, 1927; one imma- 

 ture male. Bung Borapet, March 26, 1933; one immature female, Koh 

 Chang, December 22, 1925. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected an immature male on Singapore Island^ 

 May 16, 1899. 



This species is not uncommon in suitable localities in central and 

 western Siam ^^; Robinson and Kloss ^^ say that in the Malay Peniu' 

 sula it is widely distributed, but extremely rare; Deignan*° reports it 

 common at Chiengmai except during the driest months. The bird 

 seems to occur all over Siam in suitable localities. 



The species is found from Ceylon north through India and Burma 

 to northern China and south tlirough Siam and the Indo-Chinese- 

 countries to the Philippines. 



METOPIDIUS INDICUS (Latham) 

 Parra indica Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 2, p. 765, 1790 (India). 



Three adult males, tv/o im^mature males, and seven adult females, 

 Potaram, February 4-6, 1926, and January 23, 1927; one immature 

 male, two adult females, and one immature female, Bangkok, March 

 29, 1924, and March 6, 1927; four adult males and five adult females, 

 Bung Borapet, June 20-23, 1932, and March 23, 1933. One female 

 (June 22) from Bung Borapet still retains a few white featiiers on the 

 chest, 



Gyldenstolpe ^' records it from Chieng Hai and states that it is 

 common in the swamps of Central Siam and that a nest and five fresh 

 eggs were found at Nong Meh Lua on August 7, 1914; Herbert*^ 

 reports it from Hua Takhae and Ban Laing, Central Siam, where three 

 sets of eggs were collected on July 1, 28, and September 11; four eggs 

 seem to constitute a set. Deignan *^ found it resident at Chiengmai. 

 It is rather common in suitable localities throughout the whole 

 country. 



The species ranges from India and Burma, east to Siam and southern 

 Indo-China, and south through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and 

 Java. 



» Gyldenstolpe, Ibis, 1920, p. 705. 



'e Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 58, 1921. 



« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 170. 1931. 



« Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 142, 1916. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 345, 1926. 



« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 170, 1931. 



