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Tlu- liule Cotton Teal or Gouse-Teal ur Itek ayer 
{NettofiiL; caromamMianus) occurs on Singapore Island and has 
been obsenfcd in the Botanic Gardens. Of the Whistling Teal 
or B. beVihis {Defidrocygtta Jiivamca) a specimen from Pahang is 
exhibited. Of the Gulls and Terns the Common Noddy (Anaus 
siehdits) is one of the most widely distributed tropical species- 
Specimens from Christmas Island are exhibited. From Christ- 
mas Island, too, are the two kinds of Gannet or Booby, which art- 
exhibited, Sula stda and 5. piscatnx. Plate IX. shows a photo- 
graph of a Booby in its natural haunt on Christmas Island. A 
common sight on that island is the chasing of the Boobies on 
theirreturn from the fishing grounds by the Frigate Birds. They 
are worried by the latter until they are exhausted and disgorge 
the fish they have swaSIowed, and these unsavour> morsels are 
then at once caught by the Frigate Birds. The Frigate Birds 
are* next to the Pigeons, a much esteemed article of diet on 
Christmas Island. The most beautiful bird belonging to this 
group is the Yellow Tropic Bird or Boatswain Bird {Phaetfton 
fulvus) of which several specinens from Christmas Island of 
different ages and different plumage are exhibited (see pL X.) 
Of Pelicans, ' Burong undan,' two species occur in these parts, 
Pelecanus roxem and P, phiUppensh. Only the former is exhi- 
bited. The pouch, which hangs down from below the enormous 
beak, serves for storing fish from which they feed their young. 
WADING BIRDS. 
To this order belong the Storks, Herons and Bitterns; 
the Rails ; the Snipes, Sandpipers and Plovers. 
There are not many Storks here. Of the two species exhibi- 
ted, one, the White-necked Stork {Dissoura episcopus), obtained in 
Pahang, has a wide distribution, from Tropical Africa to India, 
the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago as far as Celebes. The 
so-called Smaller Adjutant [Leptoptlus javankns) ranges from 
India to the Malay Archipelago. With its scantily feathered 
head and bare neck, it is certainly the ugliest bird in the collec* 
tion. The Malays have given it the little tiattering name 
* Burong babi '. But its lack of beauty is amply made up by 
the HeronSf Burong ruak-ruak. Many of them have an orna- 
mental plumage during the nesting season^ and the plumes 
called 'OS preys*, so valued as ornaments, are obtained chiefly 
from the 'dorsal train ' of the Great White Heron {Herodias 
alba), ranging from Southern Europe to Burma, from the 
