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Wing, 138.5 mm; culmen, 25.5 mm. Robinson and Kloss ^^ record a 

 male from Langkawi, taken February 1909; Robinson ^^ collected the 

 same sex from Ok Yam, on the Franco-Siamese boundary, January 3, 

 1915; Robinson and lOoss,^" under the name Rallina fasciata, record 

 a female from Pulo Sireh, east side of Junkseylon (Fuket), February 13, 

 1918, and later ^' one from Tasan, Chumporn; Rodgers and Deignan^^ 

 record a female from Doi Angka, 4,500 feet, April 14, 1931. 



This rail breeds from northwestern India east to Annam and 

 Burma and migrates south in winter to Ceylon, Siam, northern 

 Annam, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra. Little is known of its 

 breeding range. Robinson and Kloss say it is migratory in the 

 Peninsula ; possibly it may breed in northern Siam. 



POEZANA PUSILLA PUSILLA (Pallas) 



Rallus pusillus Pallas, Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischea 

 Reichs, vol. 3, p. 700, 1776 (Dauria). 



Two males, Bangkok, March 28, 1927, and December 22, 1928. 



This little crake breeds in northeast Siberia, northern China, and 

 as far south as Kashmir, wintering in Indo-China, Siam, Java, Borneo, 

 and the Philippines. 



In Siam it is only a winter resident, and there are but few records of 

 its occurrence. It has been recorded from Bangkok, Minburi (east- 

 northeast of Bangkok), and Me Klong (near Bangkok) ; Deignan -^ has 

 recorded three from the Chiengmai region; in Peninsular Siam it has 

 been recorded only from Patalung but probably occurs in suitable 

 places elsewhere. 



LIMNOBAENUS PAYKULLII (Ljungh) 



Rallus paykullii Ljungh, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 34, p. 259, 

 1813 (near Banjarmassing, Borneo, and near Batavia, Java; type from 

 Borneo in Nat. Hist. Mus. Stockholm). 



One male, Bangkok, Siam, November 3, 1924. 



This species breeds in eastern Siberia and China and migrates to the 

 Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Java. I know of no other record for 

 Siam. 



AMAURORNIS PHOENICURA CHINENSIS (Boddacrt) 



Fulica chinensis Boddaert, Table des planches enlumin^ez d'histoire naturelle, 

 p. 54, 1783 (Hongkong). 



One male and one female, Bangkok, February 6 and October 1, 

 1924; one male, Koh Chang, January 10, 1926; one male. Nan, April 

 13, 1930; one female, Ban Nam Kien, Nan, April 21, 1930; one imma- 



I'lbis, 1911, p. 10, 



'« Ibis, 191.5, p. 725. 



*o Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 91, 1919. 



« Ibis, 1921, p. 40. 



» Proc. Hiol. Soc. Washington, vol. 47, p. 92, 1934. 



« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, p. 81, 1936. 



