726 Mr. H. C. Robinson on Birds collected on the 



Glottis nebularius. 



Glottis nebularius (Gunner) ; Sliarpe, Cat. xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 480 ; Gyldenstolpe, p. 70. 



a.lS. Klong Yai, S.E. Siam. 5 Jan., 1915. 



^'Iris dark ; bill, proximal half plumbeous, distal black ; 

 feet stone-grey.^' — C. B. K. 



A rather small specimen, having the tarsus 2"25 and the 

 culmen 2*0 inches. 



Ardea siimatrana. 



Ardea siimatrana Raffles ; Sharpe, Cat. xxvi. 1898, p. 68. 



a. 1. Koh Mehsi, West I., S.E. Siam. 15 Dec. 1914. 



"Iris yelloAV ; bill black, tip of lower mandible yellow, 

 the base fleshy ; feet and lower tarsi brownish black, legs 

 and upper tarsi brownish black and yellow, the front part 

 darkest."— C. B. K. 



Demiegretta sacra. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. xxvi. 1898, p. 136. 



a. 1 c? . Koh Klum I., S.E. Siam. 17 Dec, 1914. 



*. 1 ? . Koh Kra L, S.E. Siam. 15 Dec, 1914. 



*' Iris yellow ; upper mandible brownish black, lower 

 greyish brown, tip dull yellowish; feet olive-yellow, front 

 of tarsi and tibiae black, soles bright yellow." — C. B. K. 



Both these Reef-Herons are in the grey phase, which along 

 the shores of the Malay Peninsula and Indo-China is by far 

 the commonest. 



Ardeola bacchus. 



Ardeola bacchus (Bp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxvi. 1898, p. 211 ; 

 Gyldenstolpe, p, 73. 



a. 1 c? . Koh Mak I., S.E. Siam. 20 Dec, 1914. 



" Iris yellow ; orbital skin bright yellow-green ; upper 

 mandible black, lower dull greenish yellow, tip black ; feet 

 bright yellow-green.^' — C. B. K. 



In winter plumage this species is rather difficult to 

 distinguish from its near a\ly, A. ffraiji (Sykes), which is 

 found more or less in the same regions ; the present species 

 is, however, rather the larger of the two, appearing to have 

 the wing always rather more than 9"0 inches. 



