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Krasom [lat. 8°24' N., long. 98°25' E.], Phangnga Province, 

 Thailand). 

 Range: The peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Kra to the 

 extreme South. 



Family GRUIDAE 

 Genus GRUS Pallas 



Grus antigone sharpii Blanford 



Orus (Antigone) sharpii Blanford, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 5, 

 No. 30, Nov. 30, 1895, p. vii (Burma). 

 Range: Reported from the northern plateau, the central plains, and 

 the peninsular provinces between the Isthmus of Kra and Trang. 



Family RALLIDAE 

 Genus RALLUS Linnaeus 



Rallus aqxiaticus indicus Blyth 



Rallus indicus Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2 

 [not earlier than August] 1849, p. 820 (Lower Bengal; type 

 specimens from "the vicinity of Calcutta," Bengal State, 

 India, fide Blyth, Catalogue of the birds in the Museum 

 Asiatic Society, 1852, p. 286). 

 Range: A visitor from northeastern Asia, reported on migration or 

 in winter from the northern plateau and the central plains. 



Rallus striatus albiventer Swainson 



Rallus albiventer Swainson, Animals in menageries, pt. 3, Dec. 

 31, 1837, p. 337 (India). 

 Range: Found throughout the year in marshes of the northern 

 plateau and the central plains and reported (perhaps only on migra- 

 tion or in mnter) from the peninsular provinces (Phulcet, Nakhon Si 

 Thammarat). 



Genus RALLINA G. R. Gray 



Rallina fasciata (Raffles) 



Rallus fasciatus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. 



2, [not earlier than November] 1822, p. 328 (Sumatra; type 



locality restricted to "the neighbourhood of Bencoolen [lat. 



3°47' S., long. 102°15' E.]," by Kinnear and Robinson, Bull. 



Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 47, 1927, p. 130). 



Range: Very rare in evergreen forests of the northern provinces, 



uncommon (perhaps only on migration or in winter) in the peninsular 



provinces south of the Isthmus of Kra. 



