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LARID^. 

 H. STERNA DOUGALLT. 



Sterna clougalli, Mont. ; Howard Saunders, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 XXV, p. 70 (1896) ; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus., ii, p. 9 

 (1906). 



Terns were very common in the Strait between Koh Samui and 

 Koh Pennan but generally kept far out to sea among the reefs. On 

 a small island off Koh Pennan we obtained two beautiful specimens 

 in full breeding jDlumage witli the roseate tint of the under surface 

 strongly developed and the streamers of the tail elongated. They 

 were feeding amongst large numbers of the succeeding species. The 

 only other specimens obtained within the limits of the Malay 

 Peninsula are three'shot in August on Pulau Jemor, a small island in 

 the middle of the Straits of Malacca off the Selangor Coast. 

 10. STERNA MELANATJCHEN. 



Sterna m^elanauchen, Temm. ; Howard Saunders, torn, cit., p. 126 ; 

 Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus, v, p. 18 (1913). 



Koh Pennan. In full breeding plumage at the end of May. 



Very common along the whole of the east coast of the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



CHARADEIIDJE. 

 11. SARCOGRAMMUS ATRINUCHALIS- 



antea, p. 88. 



Common on both islands on the rice-fields and open spaces. 



" Iris brown, eye lappet and terminal half of bill carmine, lip of 

 bill black, tarsi pale whitish yellow, feet greenish yellow." 

 12. OCHTHODROMUS VYRRHOTHORAX. 



Ochthodromus jjyrrhothorax (Gould) ; Sharpe, torn, cit., p. 226 ; 

 Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 12. 



A male shot on Koh Pennan on June 1st, shows no signs of 

 assuming breeding plumage. 



13. iEGIALITIS ALEXANDRINA. 



Aegialitis alexandrina (Linn.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 275. 



Very common on the sandy beaches of both islands and evidently 

 about to breed though we did not obtain eggs or young. 



14. DISSURA EPISCOPUS- 



antea, p. 88. 



Very common on Koh Samui. 



" Male, iris, inner ring red, outer yellow, legs dirty claret i^ed, 

 bill base^black, remainder maroon red, orbital skin black, rest of bare 

 skin on head slatey, skin under wings scarlet orange." 



ARDBID^. 



15. ARDEA SUMATRANA. 



Ardea sumatrana (Raffles) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi, 

 p. 6S (1898) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 11. 

 An adult female fi'om Koh Pennan. 



