NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BIRD-RECORDS FROM SIAM. 41 
The specimen listed by Ogilvie-Grant (loc. cit. supra) was 
obtained at Jering, Patani, Peninsular Siam, in June 1901. There 
appear to have been no published records from this country, subsequent 
to that date, though Mr. C. J. Aagaard’s diary contains a note of two 
shot at Anghin and Bang Phra, both being places on the eastern coast 
of the Inner Gulf of Siam, in December 1912 and February 1913, 
respectively, while H. R. H. the Prince of Chumpon obtained a 
fine specimen in” breeding plumage, also at Bang Phra, in May 
ee We 
The bird is probably quite common in suitable localities, and 
has merely failed to be recorded, of Jate years, owing to its close resem- 
blance to the ubiquitous Bubulcus coromandus (the Cattle Egret ), 
when the latter is in its white or non-breeding plumage. The most 
noticeable difference between the two species is in the colouration 
of the bill, which is black in the case of Herodias garzetta, and yellow 
in that of Bubulcus coromandus. - 
I had never seen the bird in Bangkok until last year, when 
it was very common during the floods in November, but disappeared 
as soon as they subsided. 
66. Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles). The Malay 
Bittern. 
So far as I can ascertain, this species has hitherto been 
recorded only from Trang, Peninsular Siam ( Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 
1911, p. 15), and Koh Lak, South-western Siam (Gyldenstolpe, 
1916, p. 1387). It is worth noting, therefore, that Mr. K. G. Gairdner 
obtained a specimen (identified by the British Museum ) at Sai Yoke, 
Western Siam, in April 1915. 
(dg. Iris yellow. Orbital skin greenish grey. Legs yellowish 
green. K.G.G.). ' 
My collector subsequently procured two, in Northern and 
Eastern Siam, respectively, of which the following are the parti- 
culars ;-— 
12. Phrae, Northern Siam, May 1916. W. 256 mm. 
13 imm. Lat Bua Khao, Eastern Siam, September 1916. W. 
256 mm. 
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