42 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BIRD-RECORDS FROM SIAM. 
Family ANATIDA-—Swans, Geese and Ducks. 
67. Sarcidiornis malanonotus(Penn.). Zhe Comb Duck. 
Sureidiornis melanolota (sic. ), Gy] lenstolpe, 1916, p. 134. 
1d. Klong Laang Peng, near Bingkok, Central Siam, Febru- 
ary 1918. 
Fou. 711 tim. OW. 370. 
Iris dark brown. Bill and comb black. Legs dull greanish 
plumbeous. Nails dark horn. 
Shot by Mr. R. B. H. Gibbins, who kindly gave it to me for 
my collection. 
Tha only previous reference to this fine bird, which I can 
trace, is that of Gyldenstolpe who saw some specimens in captivity 
in tha garden of ths Lio Prince of Chiengmai, Northern Siam. These 
were said to have been caught somewhere in Upper Siam. 
Family PODICIPEDIDL—Grebes. 
68. Podicipes albipsnnis (Sharpe). The Indian Little 
Grebe. 
Podicipes philippensis, Bonhote, P. Z. S., 1901, p. 80. 
1d,12. Prom-den, Meklong Railway, Central Siam, Mareh 1917. 
12. Muang Khlung, Chantaburi, South-eastern Siam, May 1917. 
Male. W.104 mm. Females. W. 107, 103. 
Iris yellow. Bill yellowish horn, blackish on culmen and at 
base of lower mandible. Legs dusky green, darker on toes and webs. 
Nails dull greenish, tips whitish. 
The first two birds were obtained by me out of a party of about 
half-a-dozen which I came across on a small, shallow, grassy pool of 
water in the middle of the fields referred to in connection with 
Anastomus oscitans, the Open-bill (antea, p. 39). They were swimming 
on the surface, looking much like Cotton Teal, though smaller, and, 
when fired at, either dived, or disappeared into the long grass at the 
edge of the pool. I managed, however, to flush one, and obtained a 
second shot. 
The only previous record appears to be that of Bonhote (loc. 
cit. supra) who lists a specimen obtained by the Skeat Expedition at 
Patelung, Peninsular Siam, in March 1899. 
JOURN. NAT. THIS, SOC. SIAM. 
