MiniODI.VS \l.U.\. 



Herodias alba (Liuu.) ; Shurpe, oji. rit., p. 'j(» 



The Large White Egret does not ai.p.-jir t.. l,av.' Im-^mi pr».riou.l_r 

 recorded from the Malay P.'iiinHiilu. A luulo wum Hliot uu th.. Hth 

 March. 1909, at Suugei Pulai ou llie coast .if S«'laiiu".r. \Vin»;. 15 

 inches ; tarsus, 6.6 inches ; culmen, i.l iuchoH. The colour of tin* Urat 

 and bill incline me to the belief that tlie sperim.-n ulionl.l !*• nffrr^i 

 to H. alba, of which it is an unusiiiiUy sniiill .•x;iiiipl.\ ratluT llun to 

 H. timoriensis, with which tlic iliiiit-nsions ugni" liftt«T. Th«" Uii«t 

 form lias been recorded from North Boiih-o, but n<>t froiu Suuuitni 

 or the Malay Peninsula. 



.ARDKOLA JJACClll.S. 



Ardeola bacchus (Bp.) ; Sharpe. op. rit., p. -J 1 1 



A male in full breeding plumage wjik kIioI on PuIhu r<nn(;kHwi m 

 March, 1909. The species has not hitlnTio U-.-u rix'ordtHl fiirtiivr 

 south in the Peninsula than Tougka. 



ARDKOLA (iH\M. 



Ardeola grayi (Sykes) ; Sharpc, o}>. rit.. p. 2' "7. 



Mr. R. Charter obtained a female in winter j.luin.igf at Kl.iu^; «.n 

 the 26th December, 1909, and pie.sentt'il it to tli<' 8«'liini,'or Mu»i»'uin 



Though pond herons of this genus are fairly abimduDt in th* 

 north of the Peninsula, in the winter months, they un> hardly kuowu 

 south of Penaug, and I very much doubt the corro<>t n»*sM of thi* I'^-Jililr 

 "Malacca" ascribed to Cantor's specimen now in flu- Ilriiihh .Mufwiui. 

 except as meaning the Malay Peninsula in the widest »«-uimv M<.»i uf 

 Cantoi-'s specimens came from the isl.ind of P«'naug. Provin)-** \Vi>II««i». 

 lev, or the States to the nortliwanl, 



AKI»i:Tr\ IMI.rMKV 



Ardetta puhhra, Hiiine, Straij FraUifix, i.. p :it>8 (I«7Ht. 

 Ardetta sinensis (/«(Wj;h). N/"/r/»', "/*. rit.. pp. 227. 22!' 

 After examinini; a consideiablc nundn'r of in<li\! 

 Malay Peninsula hitherto refern-d to A. *iiit,n>if, I 1.. ^ 



conclusion that there an- two pr f.-efly dintin«t form» prv»-ul— <•• 

 which is migratorv an^l only m.'t with in the winter inoniha hnntf 



Ardetta ><inrnslx (Gm.). and a .«< >d form .•hanu-l.TiMsl |.v iiiiu-h 



richer colouring with a bright ch.'Htnut pit.-h at the «i 



wing. This is not improbably re-nid'-nt thnnighout th- 



three specimens in tlx- Selangor MuHeiini bavins httm oUaia*! 



in the months of April. Jnii.- and DivmiUT. whil.- iIi-hm' of A nmemti$ 



are dated January. Maivh. ().tol«.r and I>.-.vmNr Thi. u iW 



A. pidchra of Hum.-, t.riginally di'scriU'd fn.ni th.- A- 



Dr. Sharpe (lor. cit.) takes note of th.- jH.int but. 



variati.ni due to climatir iuHuenees. sinkH the oaino a« » p" 



of the .dder name. It may. how.'V.-r. In» n^i»iu.v| «rii|, ».U.,„t ...• ,. 



po.ssibly in-li.atim,' a resid'iit tfopi.al ni.f. 



