764 Count Nils Gyldenstolpe : A Nomiyial [Ibis, 



The allied race Gallinula cJdoropvs orientalis Horsfield 

 (Trans. Linn. Soc. Loud. xiii. 1820, p. 195 : type-locality, 

 Java) may also eventually be found in Siam. This latter 

 race is easily distinguished by its bluish slate-coloured 

 upper wing-coverts, which lack the olivaceous-l^rown edges 

 found in the typical European and other races. Outside 

 Java it inhabits Sumatra, Celebes, and the Malay Peninsula. 



Gallicrex cinerea Gm. 



FuUca cinerea Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 702 : 

 China. 



A[)parently confined to central, south-western, and penin- 

 sular Siam. Specimens recorded from Bangkok, Patelung, 

 and from the province of Katburi. 



Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus Lath. 



Gallinula poliocejyhala Latham, Ind. Ornith., Suj»pl. 1801, 

 p. Ixviii : India. 



Not uncommon on the sv^^ampy plains of northern and 

 central Siam. Southern limits of range not properly 

 ascertained up to the present time. 



Porphyrio calvus edwardsi Elliot. 



Porphyria edioardsi Elliot, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (.')) i. 

 1878, p. 98 : Cochin China. 



Stated to be found in Siam (vide Ibis, 1864, p. 246, note), 

 but no recent specimens have been recorded. 



Heliopais per sonata Gray. 



Podica personata Gray, P. Z. S. Lond. 1848, p. 90 : 

 Malacca. 



The Masked Finfoot is very rare in Siam, where sfiecimens 

 have only been obtained at Biserat and Jalor in peninsular 

 Siam, as well as at Muang Khlung in south-eastern Siam, 

 and on the island of Koh Pennan, off the eastern coast of 

 peninsular Siam. 



Family Parrid^. 



Hydrophasianus chirurgus Scop. 



Trinc/a chirurgus Scopoli, Del. Florae et Faunae Insuhr. ii, 

 1786, p. 92 : Philippines, 



