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C. AMirJiORyiii PnAKXICUKA-'rHK WHITK-BRKASTED AVATEH HEN. 



Amauroruis ))haeuicura (Forst.); Shatye, Cat. Birds, xxiii., p. 15(5 

 (1804) : (■(/.. Hand-list of Birds. I, p. lOG (1899). 



A siuyfle adult was shot iu a small swamp. Very common iu suit- 

 able localities at all seasons of tlio year throughout the Malay Peninsula. 



3. STERXA DOUGALLI-rilE ROSEATE TERN. 



Sterna dougalli (Mont.); Hoivard Saunders, Cat. Birds, xxv., p. 70 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, l, p. 135 (1899). 



Probably nesting on some of the smaller islands of the group. 

 Three specimens in full breeding plumage were shot in August, when 

 the species was very abundant, though not a single tern of any kind 

 was seen in November. 



4. STEIiXA AyAESTIIETA-niE I'ANAYAN TERN. 



Sterna auaestheta (Scop.); Howard Saunders, t.c, p. 101 ; Sharpe,. 

 t.c, p. 136. 



One specimen. 



Fairly abundant iu August, but not so common as the KoseateTern 



5. NUMEXIUS VARIEGATUS-THE EASTERN WHIAIBHEL. 



Numenius variegatus (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, xxiv., p. 361 

 (1896) : id., Hand-list, i.. p. 158 (1899). 



A single female was shot on 13th November. 



Along the mud-flats and estuaries of the Selaugor coast both 

 wliimbrels and curlews are enormously abundant during the winter 

 mouths, the former occurring in flocks of several hundred individuals, 

 while, on the other hand, it is rare to see more than forty or fifty 

 curlews together. 



«. TRiyoOIDES llll'OLEi'CU.S-TliE COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tiingoides hypoleucus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, xxiv., p. 456 

 (1896) ; id.. Hand-list, l, p. 161 (1899). 



A single female. 



Common on river banks and the sea-shore during the winter months. 



• 7. AEDEA SUMATRAXA-'SRE DUSKY-GREY HERON. 



Ardea sumatraua CKaffles) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, xxvi., p. 68 (1898) ; 

 id.. Hand-list, i., p. 194 (1899;. 



A hingle specimen was seen, but not secured. Elsewhere in the 

 Peninsula it is vei-y abundant among the mangroves edging the tidal 

 rivers, and is occasionally met with along open stretches of sandy beach. 

 In the former situations it is remarkably fearless and can be ap- 

 proached within very few yards. 



