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Gyldenstolpe *^ gives it as a winter visitor to Siam, where it seems 

 to be fairly common in the southern and central parts; Deignan *' 

 states that it occurs in small numbers at Chiengmai from October to 

 May; Robinson and Kloss,*^ writing of Southwest and Peninsular 

 Siam, say that it is "probably fairl}'- common in winter." 



The form breeds in eastern Siberia, northern China, and Japan ^ 

 south to India and Burma, and migrates southward to winter in 

 Indo-China, Siam, Java, and the Philippines. 



ARDEA SUMATRANA SUMATRANA Raffles 



Ardea sumairana Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. 2, p. 325, 1822 

 (Sumatra) . 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took an adult male and an adult female at 

 Prahmon, Trang, March 19, 1896; one adult male, Tanjong Sikakap, 

 east coast of Johore, August 5, 1901; one adult male and two adult 

 females, Mergui Archipelago (Loughborough Island, January 25, 

 1900; Heifer Island, March 5, 1900; and Bentinck Island, March 12, 

 1900). 



Dr. Abbott notes the soft parts as follows: Iris yellow; bill black; 

 pinkish white beneath; naked orbital skin bluish gray (one male) or 

 dusty green (one female); naked skin at base of lower mandible 

 yellowish. Weight of one male from Trang, 5K pounds; one female 

 from Bentinck Island, 5 pounds. 



Robinson and Kloss ^* record a male from Pulo Terutau; Robinson *' 

 gives it for Koh Mehsi, West Island, and for Koh Pennan ^°; Robinson, 

 and Kloss,^^ writing of Southwest and Peninsular Siam, state that it 

 is common in most places along the coast on mud flats and in mangrove 

 swamps but very wary and hard to approach. 



The form ranges from Burma through the Malay Peninsula to the 

 Sunda Islands, Moluccas, and New Guinea. In northern Australia 

 a related form occurs. 



PYRRHERODIA PURPUREA MANILENSIS (Mejen) 



Ardea purpurea var. manilensis Meyen, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leopoldino- 

 Carolinae Nat. Curios., vol. 16, suppl., p. 102, 1834 (Manila, Philippines) ► 



One male. Bung Borapet, June 23, 1932. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ reports this bird fairly common in the swamps of 

 northern Siam; Deignan *^ records it in small numbers about Chiengmai 



« Ibis. 1920, p. 767. 



« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 173, 1931. 



*' Journ. Nat. Uist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 78, 1921. 



<* Ibis, 1911, p. 14. 



" Ibis, 1915, p. 726. 



5" .lourn. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 6, p. 143, 1915. 



n .lourn. Nat. Ilist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 7S, 1921. 



«" Kungl. Svenska Vct.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 136, 1916. 



M Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 173, 1931. 



