1920,] TAst of the Birds of Siam. 765 



Not uncommon in suitable localities in central and south- 

 western Siam, but hitherto not recorded from the northern 

 districts. 



Metopidius indicus Lath. 



Parra indim Latham, Lid. Orn. ii. 1790, p. 7G5 : India. 

 Rather common in suitable localities throughout the 

 whole country. 



Family GEUiDJi:. 



Antigone sharpii Blanf . 



(rrus {Anthjone) shavjn'i Blanford, Bull. Brit. Ornith. 

 Club, V. 1<S95, p. vi : Burma. 



Occurs in suitable localities throughout the whole country, 

 though always in limited numbers. Generally an inhabitant 

 of open, marshy j)lains. 



Famil} Plegadid^. 



Threskiornis melanocephalus Lath. 



Tantalus melanocephalus Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 

 p. 709 : India. 



Recorded from Ratburi and Pefchaburi in south-western 

 as well as from Bandon in peninsular Siam. It also occurs 

 in large numbers on the great swampy plains of central 

 Siam. 



Thaumatibis gigantea Oust. 



Ihis gigantea Oustalet, Bull. Sue. Philom. Paris, (7) i. 

 1877, p. 2.5 : Oochin China. 



One of the rarest of known birds. In Siam it has been 

 met with at Krongmon in Trang by Robinson and Kloss. 

 Another specimen was obtained at Ban Tu[) Takoh, near 

 Chom Beung, in the {jrovince of Ratburi by Mr. K. G. 

 Gairdner. 



Graptocephalus davisoni Hume. 



Geronticus davisojii Hume, Stray Feathers, iii. 1875, 

 p. 300 : Pakchan, S. Tenasserim. 



Authentic specimens of Davison's Black Ibis have been 

 collected at Lay Song Hong (Trang), at Bandon and Nong 



