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Range: "Reported from the northern plateau (Phayao, Chiang Mai), 

 the central plains as far south as Prachuap Khiri KLan, and once 

 from the southern peninsular provinces (Songkhla). 



Glareola lactea Temminck 



Glareola lactea Temminck, Manuel d'ornithologie, ed. 2, partie 2, 

 1820, p. 503 (Bengal). 

 Range: Reported from sandy shores and islands of the major 

 streams of the northern plateau and the central plains. 



Family STERCORARIIDAE 

 Genus STERCORARIUS Brisson 



Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck) 



Lestris pomarinus Temminck, Manuel d'ornithologie, 1814, p. 514 

 ("les regions du cercle arctique; de passage accidentel sur les 

 c6tes maritimes de Hollande et de France")- 

 Range: A visitor from northern Asia, occurring rarely, but appar- 

 ently regularly, on migration or in winter, in the Inner Gulf between 

 the mouth of the Chao Phaya and Ko Si Chang. 



Family LARIDAE 

 Genus LARUS Linnaeus 



Larus brunnicephaliis Jerdon 



L[arus]. brunnicephalus Jerdon, Madras journal of literature and 



science, vol. 12, No, 29, [not earlier than December] 1840, 



p. 225 (western coast of the Indian peninsula). 



Range: A visitor from central Asia, reported on migration or in 



winter along the eastern coast from Chon Buri to Prachuap Khiri 



Khan and ascending the Chao Phaya as far as Bangkok and the Mae 



Eiong to Ubon. 



Genus CHLIDONIAS Rafinesque 



Chlidonias hybridus javanicus (Horsfield) 



Sterna Javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, 

 pt. 1, May 1821, p. 198 (Java). 

 Range: Reported from the central plains, the eastern coast from 

 Chon Buri to Prachuap Khiri Khan, and the river Mae Khong as far 

 north as Chiang Rai. 



Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck) 



Sterna leucoptera Temminck, Manuel d'ornithologie, 1815, p. 483 

 ("les bords de la Mediterranee, les lacs, les rivieres et les marais 

 des pays au-de-la des Alpes"). 



