770 Count Nils Gyldenstolpe : A Nominal [Ibis, 



Botaurus stellaris Linn. 



Ardea stellaris Linnsens, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. 1758, p. 144 : 

 Sweden. 



A winter visitor to Siam, where it seems to be extremely 

 rare, as it has liitherto only been recorded by Barton from 

 Raheng in the northern parts of central Siam. 



Family Podicipedid.e. 



Podiceps fluviatilis albipennis Shar[)e. 



l\t(']ujhaj)tes alhipennis Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 

 iv. 1894, p. iv : Indian Peninsula. 



The Indian Little Grebe has recently been recorded by 

 Williamson from Prom-den in central Siam, and from Muang 

 Khhuio- in the province of Chantabnri, sonth-eastein Siam. 

 Otherwise it has only been met with within Siamese territory 

 at Patelung in the southern parts of peninsular Siam. 



Family Lakid^. 



Larus brunnicephalus Jerd. 



Tjarus bninnicephahis Jerdon, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci. 

 xiii. 1840, p. 225 : W. coast of India. 



Not uncommon on the Inner Gulf of Siam, where speci- 

 mens have been obtained at Paknam and Tachin. Some- 

 times it may also be found along the course of the Menam 

 Chao Phya lliver, at least as far as Bangkok. 



Hydrochelidon leucopareia Temm. 



Sterna leucopareia Temminck, Man. d'Orn. ii. Ed. 2, 1820, 

 p. 746 : Hungary. 



Fairly common in the Inner Gulf of Siam and along the 

 coasts of south-western and peninsular Siam. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera grisea Horsf . 



Sterna grisea Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xiii. 

 1821, p. 199: Java. 



Recently recorded by Williamson from the neighbourhood 

 of Bangkok, though under the heading of Eydroclielidon 



