38 MR. E. C STUART BAKER ON 



LIMICOLsE 

 Family Glareolid.e 



— -266. GLAREOLA PRATIXCOLA OBIENTALIS. 



(Aureola orientalis, Leach, Trans. Linn. Sue. xiii, p. 132 (1821). 



9 Meklong, C. Siam, 27.6.15. 



3 6 9 ct 6 juv. Bangkok, 30.6 to 5.7.15. 



9 juv. Samkok, C. Siam, 29.8.15. 



A nice little series of these Pratincoles, or Swallow-Plovers. 

 Two of them are in the spotted juvenile plumage and evidently bred 

 in the vicinity of the place where obtained. They breed in suitable 

 places throughout Burma and Siam. ] 



267. GL AREOLA LACTEA. 

 Glareola lactea, Temm. Man. d'Oini. ed. 2e, ii, p. 503(1820). 

 6 9 Krabin, C. Siam, 11.11.15. 



Mr. Herbert is apparently the first to obtain specimens of 

 this beautiful little Swallow-Plover in Siam. 



Family PaRRIDyE 



268. Metopidius indicus. 



Parra indica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii, p. 765 (1790). 



d 9 Bangkok, 30.6.15. 



3 d Krabin, C. Siam, 31.10 and 8.11.15. 



4 269. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. 



Tringa chirurgus, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii, p. 92 (1780). 

 9 Krabin, C. Siam, 8.11.15. 



Family CharadriiDjE 



4-270. Sarcogrammus indicus atroxuchalis. 



Lobivanellus atronuchalis, Blyth, Jerdon B. of Ind. iii, p. 648. (1864). 

 6 2 9 Samkok, C. Siam, 19.6. and 30.8.15. 

 o* Meklong, C. Siam, 27.6.15. 



The two males are in full plumage ; the two females have 

 patches of white on the throat and chin, but are otherwise in fully 



1 These birds breed in large numbers in nil of the three localities 

 named. E.G.H. 



Jol'iiN. NAT. HIST. SOC. SIAM. 



