/O Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII, 



II. BIRDS. 



With the exception of a short list of birds collected on the 

 "Lingga Islands," presumably Lingga itself, by the late Alfred 

 Everetts' collectors by Dr. Hartert (Nov. Zool. vii, pp. 549-50 

 (1900) I am not aware of any account of the avifauna of anv 

 of the Rhio-Lingga Archipelago. 



From an ornithologist's point of view most of the small 

 Indo-Malayan islands lying within the 20 fathom line from 

 larger land-masses are extremely uninteresting and Mapor, 

 where, with the exception of two species of sun-birds, birds 

 were very scarce both in species and individuals, proved no 

 exception to this rule. A list of the specimens observed or 

 obtained is however given, those of which no specimens 

 were preserved being marked with an asterisk. 



1. Treron nipalensis, Hodgs. 



2. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (Linn. 1 



i <?. i ?. Very common. 



"*3. MVRISTICIVORA BICOLOR (Scop.). 



Extremelv abundant, roosting on the small islets 

 off the coast. 



4. Sterna bergu pelecanoides (King). 

 Thalasseus bergii pelecanoides. Oberholser, Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mits. 49. p. 523 11915). 



Common off the sand spits and reefs on the western 

 side of the island. Two specimens, male and female, with the 

 exposed culmen 61.5 and 64 mm. appear to belong to this race. 



5. Aecialitis alexandkina (Linn.) 



Antea, vol. \', p. 142. A single male of the tropical 

 race of the Kentish Plover in breeding plumage. 

 *6. Numenius arquata (Linn.) 

 *y. Numenius phaeopus (Linn.) 



Both the Curlew and Whimbrel were fairly common 

 round Mapor but were exceedingly wild and almost impos- 

 sible to approach within gunshot. 



8. LlMONITES RUFICOLLIS (Pall 1 . 



A single female shot on June 6th. 

 *g, Ardea sumatrana, Raffles. 

 *io. Demiegretta sacra (Gin.). 



Common on the reefs. 

 *n. Haliaetus leucogastek (Cm.). 

 *i2. Hai.iasti'r inter medius (Gurney). 



Common as evervwhere else on the Malavan coasts. 



