BIRDS FItOM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 41 



DAFILA ACUTA ACUTA (Linnaeus) 



Anas acuta Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 126, 1758 (Europe; restricted 

 type locality, Sweden). 



One female, Paknampo, December 1925; one male and one female, 

 Klong Rangsit, December 28, 1931. 



Gyldenstolpe *^ states that the Laos Prince of Chiengmai had some 

 pintails in confinement taken at Pra Kao, a small town in northeast- 

 ern Siam; Deignan *^ says they are uncommon during cold weather 

 at Chiengmai, specimens being taken in October and December. 



The form breeds in Iceland, northern Europe, and northern Asia 

 and migrates in the winter to northern Africa, Ceylon, India, 

 Burma, Siam, southern China, Tonkin, and Annam. 



SPATULA CLYPEATA (Linnaeus) 



Anas chjpeata Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 124, 1758 (Europe; restricted 

 type locality, Sweden). 



One female, Klong Rangsit, fall 1925. 



Williamson ** recorded a male shoveler shot by A. H. Duke at 

 Klong Luang Peng, about 30 miles east of Bangkok, January 22, 1916. 



The species breeds from northern North America to northern 

 Europe and northern Asia and migrates south to winter; in Asia to 

 the Persian Gulf, India, Burma, southern China, Tonkin, Annam, 

 and Siam. 



CHENISCUS COROMANDELIANUS COROMANDELIANUS (Gmelin) 



Anas coromandeliana Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 522, 1789 (Core- 

 mandel, India). 



One immature male, Petrieu, January 20, 1924; six males, Nong 

 Mong, Muang Krabin, August 20-26, 1925; six males, two females, 

 and one unsexed, Potaram, January 31-February 4-6, 1926; one male, 

 Bangkok, May 25, 1926; one immature male, Nong Preng, Jauary 

 29, 1927; 15 males and 12 females, Bung Borapet, June 20-27, 1932, 

 and March 23-28, 1933. 



The cotton teal apparently is generally distributed throughout 

 Siam in suitable localities. Robinson and Kloss ^ state that it is 

 said to be common at the north end of the Tal6 Sap and Tale Noi in 

 Patalung, but rare everywhere else in the Peninsula. 



The form ranges from Ceylon, India, and Burma east to southern 

 China and south to Indo-China, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, the 

 Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, and Banka. A related form 

 occurs in eastern Australia. 



" Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 5fi, no. 2, p. 135, 1916. 

 " Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 174, 1931. 

 " Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 2, p. 64, 1916. 

 " Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 82, 1921. 



