BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 39 



Family ANATIDAE: Geese, Ducks, Swans 



DENDROCYGNA JAVANICA (Horsfield) 



Anas javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, p. 199, 1821 (Java). 



One male, Petrieu, January 20, 1924; three males and two females, 

 Nong Mong, Muang lO-abin, August 25-28, 1925; one male, Potaram, 

 February 4, 1926; five males and two females. Bung Borapet, June 

 23-27, 1932, and March 23, 1933; one female, Nakon Sritamarat, 

 September 14, 1924. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected two males and four females at Tyching, 

 Trang, May 10-July 17, 1896. 



Dr. Abbott describes the soft parts as follows: Iris dark broAvn; 

 bill leaden blue, black at tip and on the culmen; feet blackish slate, 

 claws and webs black; orbital skin dull orange or yellow. 



This is a common duck in suitable localities all over Siam proper 

 and in Peninsular Siam; also on some of the islands off the coast. 

 Herbert ^° reports it breeding at Klong Kangsit, Sambok, and Pakret 

 and states that the set usually consists of eight eggs, though ten some- 

 times occur. 



The species ranges from India eastward to southern China, south 

 to Indo-China, Siam, the Malay States, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



SARCIDIORNIS MELANOTA (Pennant) ^ 



Anser melanotus Pennant, Indian zoology, p. 12, pi. 11, 1769 (Ceylon). 



One female, Nan River, near Kampang, northern Siam, March 21, 

 1928. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ saw some specimens of tliis bu-d kept in captivity 

 by the Laos Prince of Chiengmai and was told by the natives it was 

 rather common in several parts of northern Siam. Williamson ^' 

 records a male shot by Mr. Gibbins on the Klong Luang Peng, near 

 Bangkok, in February. There seem to be few Siamese records for 

 this species. 



The species ranges from Africa and Madagascar to Ceylon, India, 

 Burma, Tenasserim, Siam, Cochinchina, and southeastern China. 



CASARCA FERRUGINEA (Pallas) 



Anas ferruginea Pallas, in Vroeg's Beredeneerde catalogus, Adumbratiunculae, 

 p. 5, 1764 (Tartary). 



One adult, unsexed, in heavy molt on the underparts, Klong 

 Rangsit, autumn 1925. 



30 Journ. Siam. Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 354, 1926. 



»> Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. .56, no. 2, p. 134, 1916. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 42, 1918. 



