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STERNA MELANAUCHEN, Temm. 



Sterua melanauchen, Temm. ; Saunders, Cat. Birds Brit. Miis., 

 XXV., p. 126 (1896) ; Oates, Cat. Birds E(fy.<< Brit. Mas., i., p. 195, 

 pi. XV., fig. 3 (1901). 



The Black-naped Tern breeds sparingly on tlie i-ocks and cliffs of 

 the islands of Sri Buat, Tioman, Pemanggil and Aor, off the coasts^ of 

 Pahang and Johore, not, as a rule, at any great height above sea-level. 

 The eggs are always single and are laid in slight depressions of the 

 rock without any attempt at a nest or concealment. Twelve eggs, all 

 obtained on Pulau Aoi-, vary less among themselves than is the case 

 with those of St. anxstheta, tlie differences being mainly in the 

 size and tint of the larger olive bi-own blotches. An average egg 

 measiires 41 x 28 mm. 



METOPIDirS IXDICrs (LAin.). 



Metopidius indicus (Lath.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas., xxiY., 

 p. 76 (1896) ; Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv.. p. 219 (1898). 



Blanford (loc. cit.) gives the i-ange oi the Bi-onze-winged Jacana 

 as extending to tlie Malay Peninsula though I have been unable to 

 find any authority for his statement and had therefore excluded it 

 from my Hand-list of the Birds of the Malay Peninsula. 



A single specimen was, however, shot among thick vegetation at 

 the edge of a pond at Asam Knmbang, neai- Taiping, Perak, by the 

 Chinese Taxidermist of tlie Perak Mu.seum on 14th December, 1911, 

 and a companion bird was seen. The species must therefore be* 

 added to the Peninsular list. 



NETTIOX CRECCA (Linn.). 



Nettion crecca (Linn.) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvii., 

 p. 243 (1895). 



A female teal was shot in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur, Selangoi-, 

 in April, 1912, by Mr. J. Galloway, to whom the museum is indebted 

 for many rare birds, and presented by him to the Selangor Museum. 

 I had overlooked the occurrence of this bird in the Peninsula but a 

 female collected by Dr. Maingay in the territory of Malacca is in the 

 British Mviseum collection. 



I do not know of any other instance of its occurrence within our 

 limits. 



NETTION FORMOSL'M (Georgi). 



Nettion formosum (Georgi) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxvii., p. 240 (1895). 



My Malay assistant on a visit to his home on the Bruas rivei" in 

 the Dindings territory, north of the mouth of the Perak river, 

 bought from a local Malaj^ two paii-s of the Baikal Teal. The 

 original owner stated that he had caught them as ducklings in the 

 river with a casting net (jala) but it is probable tliat they were the 

 offspring of a domesticated paii-. 



