142 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWBD1SH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO S1AM. 



however, she always stånds on the eastern side in order fchat the sun may still keep her 

 eggs at a right teinperature.» 



Outside Siarn the Burmese Sarus has been found in Burma, Cochin China and the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Fam. GlareolidaB. 



302. Glareola maldivarum. Först. The Large Indian Pratincole. 



G-lareola orientalis: Williamson 1 p. 48; Fiusch & Conrad p. 357. 



J 1 Koh Lak 7i2 1914. L = 230 mm.; W = 195 mm.; T = 108 mm.; Tarsus = 31 ram. — $ Koli 

 Lak V'2 1914. L = 210 mm.; W = 187 mm.; T = 87 mm.: Tarsus = 31 mm. — Trides: blackish brown. 

 Bill: dark brown. Legs: brownisb 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 Williamsox. Then 

 I observed two specimens on a sandy plain near Koh Lak on the 1st of December 1914. 

 Both these birds were obtained and these two records are the onlv ones T can give about 

 the occurrence of this bird in Siarn. 



Fam. Parriclae. 



303. Metopidius indicus. Lath. — The Bronze-winged Jacana. 



Metopidius indicus: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 68; Barton p. 109; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 152. 



ef Chieng Hai 7? 1914. L = 260 mm.; \V "•--- = 150 mm.; T = 46 mm.; Bill from gape = 3 1 mm.; 

 Tarsus = 60 mm. ■ — Irides: brown. Bill: yellow. Legs: plumbeous grey. 



The Bronze-winged Jacana was exceedingly common in the swamps of Central 

 Siarn. It also occurred in the same kind of localities in the northern parts of the country 

 though in limited numbers. 



A uest containing 5 fresh eggs was found in Nong Meh Lua on the 7th of August 

 1914. The nest consisted of a fairly large strueture made of grass and weeds and the eggs 

 were of a creamy white colour with reddish brown blotches and spöts and were measuring: 



40,4 41,o X 42,5 x 41,:s , 41,8 mm. 

 3ÖT2 X 30,7 X 30,4 'x 30,9 X 30,8 mm.' 



Fam. Charadriidae. 



304. Sarcogrammus indica atrinuchalis. Jerd. The Burmese Wattled Lapwing. 



Sarcogranwnus atrinuchalis: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 68; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. l'35; Gairdner p. 152: 



Burton p. 109; Williamson I p. 48: Robinson & Kloss p. 11; Robinson I p. 88; Robinson II ]>. 142. 

 Lobivanelhis atrinuchalis: Muller p. 434. 

 Sarcogrammus indica atrinuchalis: Robinson 111 p. 7-!f>. 



