BIRDS FROM SIAJM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 



LOCALITIES IN SIAM AND ADJOINING PARTS OF FRENCH LAOS, 

 CAMBODIA, AND BURMA WHERE NATURAL-HISTORY COLLEC- 

 TIONS WERE MADE BY DR. HUGH M. SMITH, 1923-1934 



Since there are no good modern maps of Siam known to me, and 

 since many of Dr. Smith's locahties would not appear in any case, I 

 give a list of collecting localities, prepared by Dr. Smith. 



ABBREVIATIONS » 



C= Central Siam. 



N«= North Siam. 

 E = East Siam. 

 W-^West Siam. 



NW = Northwest Siam. 

 SE = Southeast Siam. 

 P= Peninsular Siam. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DEFINITIONS 



Ao: Bay, 



Ban: Village. 



Bang: Village. 



Bung: Marsh. 



Buri: Town. 



Chieng: City or town (Lao). 



Dot: Mountain (Lao). 



Hin: Rock or stone. 



Huey (or Hui): Creek or brook (often 



dry). 

 Kao: Mountain (Siamese). 

 Klong: Canal or stream. 

 Koh (or Kaw) : Island. 

 Kwan: Lake (Lao). 

 Kwe (or Gwe): Fork (of a river). 



Lem: Point or cape. 



Me: Ptiver or stream. 



Menam: Large river, principal river of 



a district. 

 Muang: an administrative district or 



town. 

 Nakon: Town or city (written also 



Nakawn, Angkor, Lacon, or Lakon). 

 Noi: Small. 



Pak: Mouth (of a river). 

 Paknam: River mouth. 

 Pang: Village. 

 Tha: Crossing. 

 Wieng (or Vieng): City. 

 Yai: Large. 



LOCALITIES 



Amphar Klong: A stream near Kao Sabap; SE. 



Angtong: Village on the Menam Chao Phya north of Ayuthia; C. 



Aran (written also Aran Pratet, Aranya Pradesha, Aranya, etc.): Village and 



railway station near Cambodian border; E. 

 Ayuthia (written also Ayudya, Ayudhya, Ayutaya, etc.): Ancient city on Menam 



Chao Phya about 40 miles north of Bangkok; C. 

 Ban Bua Chum: Village on the Pasak River; C. 

 Ban Chai Montri: Village on Klong Tadi, Nakon Sritamarat; P. 

 Ban Chan: Village on Klong Tadi, Nakon Sritamarat; P. 

 Ban Chumporn (or Pen Pisai): Village on the Mekong; E. 

 Ban Den (or Ban Den Ja) : Village on the Mekong; E. 

 Ban Foe Hilom: Village on the Mekong; E. 

 Ban Haad Hai: Village on the Mekong; E. 

 Ban Han: Village near Udon; E. 



Ban Hin Ngom: Village on the Mekong near Nong Kai; E. 

 Ban Hoa Kam (also written Ban Ho Kam): Village on the Mekong; E. 

 Ban Hoi Tah: Village west of Nakon Sritamarat; P. 

 Ban Huey Ok: Village on the Mepai; Burma. 

 Ban Huey Ta: Village (700 feet) at base of Kao Luang, west of Nakon Sritamarat; 



P. 



* See description of the zoogeographlcal divisions of Siam, p. 16. 



