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312. Aegialites alexandrina. Linn. The Kentish Plover. 



Acyiulifes alexandrina: Robinson II p. 142. 



$ Koli Lak 21 /n 1914. L = 153 mm.; W = 111 mm.; T = 53 mm.; C == 15 mm. - - $ Koli Lak 

 * 9 /n 1914. L = 1G2 mm.; W = 109 mm.; T = 54 mm.; C = IG mm. - - $ Koh Lak 29 /a 1914. L = 160 

 mm.; W = 111 mm.; T = 49 mm.; C = IG mm. — $ Koh Lak 89 /n 1!>1 I. I, 154 mm.; W = 108 mm.; 

 T — 50 mm.; C = 16 mm. — frides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: plumbeous. 



A very common winter visitor to Siarn. It generally occurs on the sandy shores, 

 oil the mud flats or on the estuaries along the coast of the Gulf of Siarn and was mixed up 

 among the flocks of the other kind of Sand Plovers having their winter quarters in this 

 part of the world. 



313. Himantopus himantopus. Linn. — The Black-winged Stilt. 



Small flocks of the Black-winged Stilt were observed on the swampy country south 

 of the town of Ratburi, when I was going down by rail to Koh Lak at the beginning of 

 January 1915. 



Winter visitor only, and as far as I know, it has not been recorded from Siarn before. 

 Even in the Malay Peninsula it is very rare and Robinson only records a single specimen 

 in his valnable »Handlist of the Birds of the Malay Peninsula)) (1910). 



314. Numenius arquata. Linn. — The Curlew. 



Nunienlus arquata: Robinson & Kloss p. 12. 



The Curlew does not seem to be very common in Siarn, where only a few specimens 

 were met with during my stay in the Siamese Malaya from November 1914 to February 

 1915. 



315. Totanus calidris. Linn. — The Redshank, 



Totanus fotanas: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 7<>. 



Totanus calidris: Barton p. 109; Robinson & Kloss p. 12; Robinson III p. 725. 



A common winter visitor to the swamps of Central and Lower Siarn. It also oc- 

 curred in great numbers on the mud flats along the shores of the Gulf of Siarn associated 

 with the other kind of wading-birds wintering in this part of the world. 



316. Totanus ochropus. Linn. — The Green Sandpiper. 



Totanus ochropus: Gyldenstolpe 1 p. 69; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 236; Williamson I p. 48; Barton 

 p. 109. 



The Green Sandpiper is a common winter visitor to every part of Siarn. It, however, 

 always occurs single or in parties of two or three birds, never in large flocks. It is found 

 almost in every part of the country where there are marshes and pools and it even occurs 

 on the paddy-fields. 



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