143 



"Iris bi'ight yellow, orbital skin greenish chrome, legs brownish, 

 joints tinged with green, soles whitish yellow, bill black, lower 

 mandible yellow at tip shading into white, chrome at base." 



Irt. DEMIP]GRETTA SACRA. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; Sharpe, torn, cit., p. 137 ; Robinson and 

 Kloss, tom. cit., p. 15. 



One from Koh Samui and another from Koh Pennan. The latter 

 is in the grey phase and the former in the white, with a few dark 

 feathers on the back and mantle and tlie tips of the greater wing 

 coverts grey. 



" Iris pale chrome, orbital skin greenisli, tar,si and feet yellowish 

 green, the soles orange, upper mandible greenish, tlae lower yellow. 



17. ARDEOLA BACCHUS. 



Ardeola bacchus (Bp.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p, 211; Robinson and 

 Kloss, tom. cit., p. 15. 



A female from Koh Samui is moulting into the breeding plumage 

 and the new feathers on the crown and neck are bright chestnut. 

 The dimensions however are small the wing being only 8.1 and the 

 tarsus. 2.2. which agree with those of A graiji. which also occur 

 in the Peninsula. 



" Iris lemon yellow, bill and orbital skin greenish yellow, tip of 

 bill black, tarsi greenish yellow, feet deeper yellow.'' 



18. ARDETTA SINENSIS. 



Ardetta sinensis (Clm.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 227. 



An adult male from Koh Pennan. 



" Iris bright yellow, orbital skin and lores greenish yellow, bill 

 3'ellowish white, the culmen bi'ownish horn, tarsi and toes, chrome, 

 with a slight greenish cast." 



ANATID^. 



19. DENDROCYCNA .JAVANICA. 



antea, p. 89. 



There were a few Whistling Teal on the rice-fields at Koh Samui. 



" Male, iris hazel, orbital skin yellowish green, bill and feet dark 

 slatey." 



PHALACROCORACID.'E. 



20. PHALACROCORAX CARBO. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxvi, p. 340 (1898). 



A male in non-breeding plumage was obtained at Koh Pennan. 



"Iris emerald, gular skin chrome, feet black, bill blackish, the 

 culmen yellowish." 



Though very rare in the south of the Peninsula Cormorants become 

 much more abundant in the north ; I have obtained it on the coast 

 of Patani and we saw four specimens in Senggora Roads on our way 



