142 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 
however, she always stands on the eastern side in order that the sun may still keep her 
eggs at a right temperature.» 
Outside Siam the Burmese Sarus has been found in Burma, Cochin China and the 
Malay Peninsula. 
Fam. Glareolide. 
302. Glareola maldivarum. Forst. — The Large Indian Pratincole. 
Glareola orientalis: Williamson I p. 48; Finsch & Conrad p. 357. 
f Koh Lak '/:2 1914. L = 230 mm.; W = 195 mm. T = 108 mm.; Tarsus = 31 mn. — 2 Koh 
Lak ‘/12 1914. L = 210 mm.; W = 187 mm.; T = 87 mm.; Tarsus = 31 mm. — Irides: blackish brown. 
Bill: dark brown. Legs: brownish black. 
Small flocks of the Large Indian Pratincole were observed at different occasions 
just outside Bangkok. From this place it has also been recorded by WILLIAMSON. Then 
I observed two specimens on a sandy plain near Koh Lak on the Ist of December 1914. 
Both these birds were obtained and these two records are the only ones I can give about 
the occurrence of this bird in Siam. 
Fam. Parride. 
303. Metopidius indicus. Lary. — The Bronze-winged Jacana. 
Metopidius indicus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 68; Barton p. 109; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 152. 
Tarsus = 60 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: yellow. Legs: plumbeous grey. 
The Bronze-winged Jacana was exceedingly common in the swamps of Central 
Siam. It also occurred in the same kind of localities in the northern parts of the country 
though in limited numbers. 
A nest containing 5 fresh eggs was found in Nong Meh Lua on the 7th of August 
1914. The nest consisted of a fairly large structure made of grass and weeds and the eggs 
were of a creamy white colour with reddish brown blotches and spots and were measuring: 
40,4 x 41,0 x 42,5 x 41,3 x 41,8 mm. 
30,2 x 30,7 x 30,4 x 30,9 x 30,3 mm. 
Fam. Charadriidex. 
304. Sarcogrammus indica atrinuchalis. Jerp. -- The Burmese Wattled Lapwing. 
Sarcogrammus utrivwechalis: Gyldenstolpe I p. 68; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe [Il p. 235; Gairdner p. 152; 
Barton p. 109; Williamson I p. 48; Robinson & Kloss p. 11; Robinson I p. 88; Robinson II p. 142. 
Dobivanellus atrinuchalis: Maller p. 434. 
Sarcogrammus indica atrinuchalis: Robinson UL p. 725. 
