THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 43 



Rare or extremely difficult to procure in our area : probably 

 not uncommon in the great reed beds and swamps at the north end 

 of the Tale Sap and Tale Noi. 



41. Amaurcrnis phoenicura chine c sis (Bodd.). 

 Fulica chinensis, Boddaeit, Tabl. PL Enl., 1783, p. 54 (Hong- 

 kong). 

 Gallinula phoenicura, A., p. 466 (Banharoon) 

 Erythra phienicura, B., p. 86 (Junk Seylon) ; C. ii, p. 348. 

 Amaurornis 'phoenivura, E., p. 120 (Jalor) ; F,, p 11 (Trang) ; G., 



p. 132 (Ratburi and Petchabuvi). 

 Amaurornis jihoenicura chinensis, Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xx, 1913, 

 p. 304 (Hong Kong) ; H., p. 141 (Koh Pennan) ; I., p. 148 (Hat 

 Sanuk) ; L, p. 91 (Pulau Panjnng, Ghirbi Bay) ; M.l, p. 37 

 (Patiyu). 



2 S. Tasan, Chumpon, Peninsular Siam. 19 — 26 March, 1919. 

 [Nos. 4814, 4807]. 



?. Hat Sanuk, nr. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam. 17 April, 1919 

 [No. 5369]. 



" Iris red ; bill sea-green, reddish above and on cere ; feet 

 yellowish brown. " 



Total length S, 323; 335; 9, 305; wing 6, 176, 168; 5,168; 

 tail c?, 78, 77; 9, 70; tarsus c?, 51, 54; 9, 52 ; bill from gape 6, 40, 

 40: 9, 37. 



Universally distributed over the area in suitable localities. 

 These birds are rather large, Malayan specimens being slightly 

 smaller than typical Chinese birds. 



Gallinula chloropus parvifrons Blyth. 



Gallinula parvifrons, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x'i, 1843, 



p. 180 (nr. Calcutta). 

 Gallinula chloropus. A., p. 466 (Tavoy Estuary ). 

 Gallinula chloropus parvifrons, Claude Grant, Ibi?, 1915, p. 47 ; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. xxiv, 1917, p 268. 



We have examined nine specimens from various parts of 

 Siam, south to Bangkok. All belong to this form, which is distin- 

 guished from the European Moorhen by its small size and by having 

 the frontal shield almost parallel-sided, not expanded posteriorly. 



!• Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first part). 



J. Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second part). 



L, Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, M. I. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iv, 1920. 



iii, 1919. (third part) 



VOL. V, NO. 1, 1921. 



