BIRDS FROM SIAI^L AND THE M.\LAY PENINSULA 23 



appear on the pileum and around the eyes. The October 19 female 

 has the bill very dark, except at the tip of the lower mandible, while 

 in the October 10 female the bill is light colored, except along the 

 culmen. These two specimens point to an early winter breeding 

 season. 



This is a fresh-water cormorant and does not usually occur along 

 the coast. 



Gjddenstolpe ^^ reports it common throughout southwestern and 

 central Siam but apparently less abundant in the north; Robinson 

 and Kloss ^^ say that they saw it in a mountain stream in Bandon; 

 Chasen and Kloss *° state that it is unknown from the southern part 

 of the Malay Peninsula. 



The species ranges from Ceylon to India, Burma, Siam, Indo- 

 China, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Java. 



Family ANHINGIDAE: Snakebirds 



ANHINGA MELANOGASTER Pennant 



Anhinga tnelanogaster Pennant, Indian zoology, p. 13, pi. 12, 1769 (Ceylon and 

 Java) . 



Two males and one female, Bung Borapet, June 20, 1932, March 

 28, 1933 ; one female, Nakon Sritamarat, March 10, 1929. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a female at Maliwun, Tenasserim, 

 March 19, 1900. 



Robinson and Kloss ^' saw a darter on the fresh-water lake in the 

 Langkawi Islands, later given as Pulo Dayang Bunting*^; they state 

 that it is rare in the Malay Peninsula; Gyldenstolpe *^ reports the 

 snakebird rather common in suitable localities throughout the whole 

 country. 



The species ranges from Mesopotamia to India, Burma, Siam, and 

 Indo-China, south to Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and Celebes. 



Family ARDEIDAE: Herons, Bitterns 



ARDEA CINEREA RECTIROSTRIS Gould 



Ardea rectirostris Gotjld, Proc. Zool. Soc London, 1843, p. 22 (New South Wales; 

 error; South India **). 



One female, Bangkok, August 2, 1924. 



This specimen, while of full adult size, has not fully assumed adult 

 plumage. 



" Ibis, 1920, p. 775. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 86, 1921. 

 <« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p. 161, 1928. 

 " Ibis, 1911, p. 19. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 85, 1921. 

 " Ibis, 1920, 775. 



" Type in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from South India. Stone, Austral Avian 

 llec, vol. 1, p. 142, 1913. 



