774 Count Nils Gyklenstolpe : A Nominal [Ibis, 



The Shoveler seems to be extremely rare in Siam, and 

 has only been recorded on one occasion. Mr. A. H. Duke 

 obtained a drake in non-breeding plumage at Klong Luang 

 Feng in central Siam on the 22nd of Januar}^ 1916. 

 A winter visitor only. 



Querquedula querquedula Linn. 



Anas querquedula Linna3us, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. 1758, 

 p. 126 : Sweden. 



A winter visitor to Siam and not very abundant. 

 Hitherto only recorded from the provinces of Ratburi and 

 Petchaburi and from the neighbourhood of Bangkok. 



Dafila acuta Linn. 



Anas acuta Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. 1758, p. 126 : 

 Sweden. 



Some specimens kept in captivity by the Lao Prince of 

 Chiengmai were said to have been caught at Pra Yao, a 

 small town in northern Siam. 



Anas pcecilorliyncha Forst. 



Anas pcecilorliyncha Forster, in Pennant's Ind. Zool. xiii. 

 1781, p. 23, fig. 1 : Ceylon. 



A small party of ducks^ probably belonging to this species, 

 were observed in the Meh Ping lliver^ a few miles south of 

 Keng Soi, by the present author in 1914. 



Family Phalaceocokacid^. 



Phalacrocorax carbo Linn. 



Pelecanus carbo Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. x. 1758, p. 133 : 

 Sweden. 



The Large Cormorant occurs in peninsular and central 

 Siam. It appears to be most common in the central parts 

 of the country^ where it may be seen in great numbers. 



Phalacrocorax fuscicollis Steph. 



Plialacrocorax fuscicollis Stephens, in Shaw's Gren. Zool. 

 xiii. 1826, pt. i. p. 91 : Bengal. 



Williamson has recently recorded this species from Klong 



