1920.] List of the Birds of Siam. 7&7 



Pseudotantalus leucocephalus Penn, 



Tantalus leucocephalus Pennant, Ind. Zool. xi. 1769, p. 47, 

 pi. 10 : (Jeylon. 



Recorded as beino- common in Bandon. Gairdner has 

 also met with it in Ratburi and Petchaburi. 



Anastomus oscitans Bodd. 



Ardea oscitans Boddaert, Tabl, PI. Enl. 1783, p. 55, 

 pi. 932 : Pondichery. 



Gairdner has recorded this species from the provinces of 

 Ratburi and Petchaburi in south-western Siam, and William- 

 son has recently obtained it near Prom-den, on the railway 

 between Bangkok and Tachin, and at Ta-rlia in central Siam. 



Family Ardeid^. 



Pyrrherodias purpurea manillensis Meyen. 



Ardi^a purpurea var. manillensis Meyen, Acta Acad. Leop. 

 Car. xvi. Suppl. 1833, p. 102 : Manila. 



The Eastern Purple Heron is usually found among the 

 high grass and reeds covering the large swamps of central 

 Siam. It has also been recorded from peninsular Siam, 

 where specimens have been collected at Patelung, and on the 

 island of Puket. 



Ardea cinerea jouyi Clark. 



Ardea cinerea jouyi C^lark, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxxii. 

 1907, p. 468: Corea. 



Eastern specimens of the Common Heron have been 

 separated by Clark under the above-mentioned name on 

 account of their having the wing-coverts decidedly paler, 

 almost ashy white. A winter visitor to Siam, where it seems 

 to be fairly common in the southern and central parts. 



Ardea sumatrana sumatrana Raffl. 



Ardea sumatrana Ratfles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiii. 

 1822, p. 325 : Sumatra. 



Specimens of the Dusky-grey Heron have hitherto only 

 been obtained on Pulu Terutau, Koh Pennan, and on Koh 

 Mehsi West. 



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