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COLLMBA GRISEA. 



Coliiuiba grisea, Gr. R. Gr. ; Salvadori, torn, cit., p. 248, pi. vii. 



Columba phasnia, Richmond, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxvi., p. 490 

 (1903). 



1 liad previously recorded this species as an iiiliabitant of the 

 Malay Peninsula with some doubt. 



In August, 1908, however, Mr. Seimund shot a pair on the island 

 of Karimou, in the Rhio Archipelago, within sight of Singapore, 

 so that the bird may fairly be retained in the Peninsular list. 



The species seems to be widely spread on small islands from the 

 coast of Sarawak to the chain of islands off the north-west coast of 

 Sumatra, but is of doubtful occurrence on large land masses. 



PORZAXA AURICULARIS. 



Porzana auricularis, Rchnw., Jonrn. filr Orn., 1898, p. 139; Sharpe, 

 Hand-list Birds, i., p. 102 (1899). 



Porzana pusilla, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxiii., p. 106 (1894). 



Two specimens were secured on marshy ground, among long grass 

 at Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, in March, 1908. 



PSEUDOGLOTTIS GUTTIFER. 

 Pseudoglottis guttifer (Nordni.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., 

 xxiv., p. 479 (1896) ; Bohinson, Jonrn. Fed. Mai. States Mas., ii., p. 69, 



l^o. 86 (1907). 



I have previously (loc. cit.) recorded two specimens of this rare 

 Limicoline bird from the mouth of the Kedah River, and on the 26th 

 February, 1909, we obtained three more specimens on mud flats at the 

 mouth of Kurau River in the Krian District of North Perak, 60 or 

 70 miles south of Kuala Kedah. On the Peninsular coast, therefoi'e, 

 the species is evidently by no means rare during the Avinter months, 

 and its scarcity in collections is very possibly due to the strong 

 superficial resemblance it bears to the common Greenshank. 



GALLIXAGO MEGA LA. 



Gallinago megala, Swinh. ; Bharpe, op. cit., p. 624. 



Aai undoubted specimen of this species was shot by Mr. R. Charter 

 at Ampang, near Kuala Linn pur, on the 12tli December, 1909, and 

 kindly presented by him to the Selangor Museum. 



It has not previously been met with in the Malay Peninsula, 

 though its occui-rence was to be expected, in view of the fact that it is 

 numerous in Labuan and North Borneo, during the winter mouths. 



DISSOURA EPISCOPUS. 



Dissoura episcopus (Bodd.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi., 

 p. 295 (1898). 



Common on the island of Langkawi in February, 1909, and also in 

 the Siamese West Coast State of Trang, about 130 miles north of 

 Penang, in December of the same vear. 



