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The Ruff is almost certain to be eventually found in Lower 

 Siam : there are soule^Yhat doubtful records from the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



81. Rhyacophilus g-lareola (Linn.). 



Tringa glareola, Limi., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, p. 250 (Sweden ). 

 Rhyacophilus glareola, A , p. 462 ( Pakchan ) ; B., p. 83 (Salanga 



id.) ; D., p. 80 (Patelung) ; F., p. 13 (Trang) ; I., p. 146 



(Koh Lak). 

 Totanus glareola, 0. ii, p. 401. 



1 9 ad. Mamoh, Pakchan. 27 February, 1919. [No. 4294]. 



5 c?, 8 9. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam. 3—9 April. 1919. [Nos. 

 5008, 5334-5, 5084, 5104-7, 5130-1, 5159, 5181, 5210]. 



"Iris dark ; bill black, greenish at base ; feet sage-green or 

 greenish grey." 



Total length 6, 225, 215, 216, 220; 9, 220, — , 210, 212, 

 211, 223, 208, 223, 223. 



Wing 6, 125, 117 (m.), 129, 122, 126; 9, 128, 125, 124, 127, 

 126, 128, 121, 127, 127. 



Tail 6, 54, 48, 57, 58; 9, 53, 60, 45, 54, 53, 56, 50, 55, 60. 

 Tarsus S, 38.5, 38, 36, 35, 33.5 ; 9, 38, 34, 37.5, 39, 37, 38, 34, 36, 38. 



Bill from gape 6, 31, 31, 33, 30, 31 ; 9, 34, — , 32, 33, 30, 

 33.5, 32, 33, 34 mm. 



Very common everywhere. 



82. 1 Limonites minuta minuta (Leisl.). 

 83. ( Limonites minuta ruficollis (Pall.). 



Tringa minuta, Le'sler in Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. Nachtr. i, 



1912, p. 74; A., p. 461 (Mergui); C. ii, p 389 (Mergui, Tongka); 



E., p. 118 (Patani). 

 Tringa ruficollis, Pallas, Reis. Russ. Reich, iii, 1 766, p. 700 



(Siberia). 

 Limonites ruficollis, Shirpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas. xxiv, 1896, 



p. 547 (Mergui, Tongkah Id.) ; F.. p 14 (Kedah). 



We are unable to disentangle the records relating to the 

 Eastern and Western series of this Stint, viz., L. in. minuta and 

 L. on. ruficollis, which are almost impossible to discriminate in 



I. 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. JVIus. vii, 1917. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second partj. 



L. Epbinson and Kloss, Joui-n. N. H. Soc. Siam, M. I. Baker, Journ, N. H. Soc. Siam, iv, 19'20. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



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