768 Count Nils Gjkleiistolpe : .1 Nominal [Ibis, 



Mesophoyx intermedia Wao;l. 



Ardea iaterine'Ua Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 659 : Java. 



Tlie Smaller Egret is rather common in suitable localities 

 throuohoLit central Siam, especially in the swampy country 

 along the course oE the Menam Chao Phya River. It has 

 also been obtained on the shores of the Inner Gulf of Siam 

 during the winter-time. 



Herodias alba modesta J. E. Gray. 



Ardea )nodesta J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 19 : India. 



The Large Egret is fairly common in suitable localities 

 throughout Siam, where it, however, only occurs during the 

 winter months. 



G-arzetta garzetta Linn. 



Ardea f/arzetta Linnoeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. xii. 1766, p. 237 : 

 "Habitat in Oriente." 



A winter visitor to Siam, where authentic specimens have 

 been collected at Tachin, Bangkok, Anghin, Bang Phra 

 (C. Siam), ac Jambu and Jhering (peninsular Siam), as well 

 as on the island of Puket. 



Demigretta sacra Gm. 



Ardea sarra Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 640: 

 Tahiti. 



Occurs in limited numbers along the coasts of Siam. 

 Specimens in the blue phase seem to be more abundant than 

 those in the white. 



Nycticorax nycticorax Linn. 



Ardea nycticorax Linnfeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. 1758, ]). 142: 

 S. Europe. 



Winters in Siam, where it, however, appears to be rare. 

 Hitherto it has only been recorded from Bangkok. 



Gorsachius melanolophus Raffl. 



Ardea melanoloplia Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiii. 

 1822, p. 326: Sumatra. 



Apparently rare in peninsular and south-western Siam. 

 It has, however, also recently been obt;iined in northern as 

 well as at Lat Bua Kao in eastern Siam. 



