462 Acleen, 



side of this spot a larg-e roundish pale vinaceous pink spot. If 

 we take specimens from Upper Burmah, say Thayetmyo, they 

 are very similar^ but the larg-e conspicuous vinaceous spots have 

 become reduced to narrow lines. In the Sumatran bird, they 

 have disappeared altogether. 



I have not had time to turn up Malaecan and other specimens, 

 but I suspect that an unbroken series of forms connecting- the 

 typical Continental Indian and Sumatran birds will be found, 

 and under these circumstances I am doubtful how far they can 

 be properly maintained as distinct species. Mr. Davison says : 



'^ Apparently not common. I saw it occasionally about the 

 field?. An Acheenese had one alive in a cage, for which he 

 wanted the absurd price of % 6." 



845.— Charadrius fulvus, Gmel 



This species was very common about Aclieen : it chiefly fre- 

 quented cultivated fields. Two specimens were obtained, abso- 

 lutely identical with Indian, Burmese, and Andamanese examples. 



891.— Totanus glareola, Lin. 



"Not common, chiefly found about the paddy flats and small 

 marshy spots inland." 



907.— G-allinula phoenicura, Penn, 



The white-breasted water-hen of Sumatra is absolutely iden- 

 tical with specimens from Madras, Sindh, Dacca, Burmah, the 

 Andamans, and Nicobars. Individuals from all localities vary 

 extraordinarily in size and in the width of the white frontal 

 band, but these differences appear to be individual and not local. 

 Mr. Davison says, " this bird is common about the creeks and 

 paddy flats, and especially abundant along the edge of the river ; 

 but they were more often heard than seen," 



927.— Ardea garzetta, Lin. 

 929— Bubnlcus coromanda, Bodd. 



" Both the above species," remarks Mr. Davison, " were 

 common, the latter perhaps preferring little marshy places in 

 the vicinity of villages, the former apparently confining itself 

 to the river^s edge or to the creeks." 



Tantalus lacteus, Temm. 



The only specimens obtained were young birds apparently 

 those referred to by Raffles (Trans. Lin. Soc, XIII., p. 337,) as 

 T. cinereus, but in an intermediate stage between those he des- 

 cribed and the adult. 



