A COLLECTION OF BIRD-SKINS FROM SIAM- 41 



2 Singgora, P. Siam, 12.10.15. 



Mathews' brief description of his new sub-species merely 

 reads « This form is characterized by its small size and purplish 

 green colouration". 



1 accept Mathews' name with great hesitation, as I can- 

 nob personally divide any of the races of P. carlo, as at present 

 diagnosed, from one another. (See Harterfc, Novitates Zoolog. 

 xxiii, p. 293, &c. ) 



282. Phalacrocorax javaniclts. 

 Carlo javanicus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 197 ( 1821 ). 

 6 2 Bangkok, 5.7.15. 



The male is in full breeding plumage with white filaments 

 on head and neck, whilst the female is in juvenile plumage, and 

 appears to be a bird about a year old or rather less. 



Family CiconiiDjE. 

 + 283. Anastomus oscitans. 

 Ardea oscitans, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 55 (1783). 



2 Samkok, C. Siam, 20.6.15. 



Though it has been recorded from Cochin China I do not 

 think the Open-bill has yet been recorded from Siam. Blanford 

 notes that it is rare in Pegu and unknown elsewhere in Burma. 1 



Family Ardeid^e. 

 -f 284. Herodias garzetta. 

 Ardea garzetta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 237 (1766). 

 2 c? Meklong, C. Siam, 26.6.15. 



One male is in full breeding plumage with perfect crest and 

 breast-plumes, and the disintegrated feathers of the back extending 

 beyond the tail. The second bird is still in immature plumage. 

 -V 285. Ardeola grayi. 

 Ardea grayii, Sykes, P.Z.S. p. 158 (1832). 

 2 Meklong, C. Siam, 26.6.15. 

 6 Bangkok, 30.6.15. 

 9 Krabin, C. Siam, 17.11.15. 



1. Large flocks of these birds may be seen in suitable localities in 

 C. Siam. Yide also Williamson, Vol. Ill, No. 1, p. 39. E/G. H. 



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