14 Messrs. K-obiusoii and Ivloss on Birds front, the 



'-f- 27. LiMONITES RUFICOLLIS. 



Linionites rujicollis (Pall.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 54-5. 



A female in winter plumage obtained at Kuala Kedah in 

 November 1907 appears to belong to this species^ which 

 occurs in numbers along the Peninsula coast during the 

 winter^ though some individuals may prove to be referable 

 to L. minuta. 



-f- 28. Ancylociiilus subarquata. 



Ancylochilus subarquatus (Guldenst.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. 

 p. 586. 



The Curlew-Sandpiper is widely, though somewhat 

 sparingly, distributed throughout the Peninsula, but indi- 

 viduals appear to arrive early and remain late, and specimens 

 in almost complete breeding-plumage are not infrequently 

 met with. 



Our collection contains a male from Kuala Kedah, shot in 

 November 1907. 



-f 29. Gallinago stenura. 



Gallinago stenura (Kuhl) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 619. 



The Pintail Snipe was exceptionally abundant in the rice- 

 fields both in Langkawi and in Trang ; in the latter locality 

 Gallinarju meyala, which has recently been obtained in 

 Selangor, probably occurs also, though we did not obtain 

 specimens. 



Ardeid^. 



ri- 30. Ardea sumatrana. 



Ardea sumatrana Raffles ; Sharpe_, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 68 (1898). 



Common along the coasts, both among the mangroves and 

 on the shores of rocky islands. We found it very abundant 

 in the Rhio Archi})elago, and discovered that the breast, well 

 hung and Avell rubbed with pepper and salt, was by no means 

 a bad substitute for beef-steak. 



A fine male, now mounted in the Selangor Museum, was 

 secured on Terutau in November 1907. 



