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ture male still in down but with feather tracts showing on the lower 

 parts, Ban Sadet, Sriracha, June 1, 1925; one male and one female, 

 Bung Borapet, June 21 and 29, 1932; one female, Muang Pai, Decem- 

 ber 28, 1932. Not uncommon in suitable localities throughout the 

 whole country and evidently resident. 



There are three specimens (one male and two females) collected by 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott in Trang, January 4 and February 9, 1897, and 

 January 4, 1899, and one male from Telok Besar, Tenasserim, Novem- 

 ber 26, 1900. 



The male from Trang is without any white frontal band and 

 evidently is a bird of the preceding breeding season. Some specimens 

 lack the black or sooty border on the sides of the neck and flanks. 

 This is an age character, I believe, as the male without the white 

 frontal band is also without the black neck border. Just how long it 

 takes the birds to assume the fully adult plumage, I do not know. 



Herbert^* found it breeding at Mahachai, Ban Yang, and Chiengrak 

 Noi; he found one nest on July 19 and others during August; the set 

 consisted of from three to five eggs. 



The form ranges from the greater part of India east to Assam, 

 Burma, southern China, Indo-China, Siam, and south through Penin- 

 sular Siam to Malacca. 



GALLICREX CINEREA (Ginelin) 



Fulica cinerea Gmklin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 702, 1789 (China). 



Three males and one female, Bangkok, August 6, September 10, 

 October 1, and October 19, 1924; one male, Nong Mong Muang, 

 Krabin, August 30, 1925. 



This species probably occurs all over Siam in suitable localities and 

 throughout the Peninsula. It has been recorded from Patelung and 

 Patani, Peninsular Siam; Ratburi, southwestern Siam; Bangkok, 

 central Siam; and Chiengmai, northern Siam. Herbert ^^ found it 

 breeding in central Siam from the middle of June to mid-September and 

 states that the usual set consists of four eggs. Deignan ^^ reports it 

 common at Chiengmai from March until September. This would 

 indicate that it was migratory in north Siam as it is in China. 



The species is of wide distribution being found from Ceylon, India, 

 and Burma to southern and eastern China, Indo-China, Siam, south 

 to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, 

 and Celebes. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 346. 192'?. 

 »» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 3-12, 1926. 

 » Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Ilist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 169, 1931. 



