. Schomburgk on the Birds of Siam. 261 



1 her in the same cage with him ; but he com- 

 ;r, and she had to be removed. When both 

 ut in the verandah, they remained at a re- 

 ■;om each other. I beUeve our Pheasant asso- 

 le female at certain periods. I contemplated 

 la and one of the females with me to Europe 

 ■; the first suddenly showed on one occasion 

 md although allowed to walk about in the 

 "or himself the food he considered best, died 

 e two females are, to all appearance, still in 

 ingst the collection of live animals and birds 

 Siam presented to the Emperor of the French, 

 vere some specimens of this bird, male and fe- 

 not learned whether they have safely arrived. 



:s HYPOLEUcos. (Nock bathorn.) 

 entative of the Snipe tribe (Scolopacidte). I 

 iga. Though the plumage is principally of a 

 Deing crossed by bands of white, and the ele- 

 bird, give it a pretty appearance. The hinder 

 1. Wherever our guns, while travelling be- 

 nd Xiengmai, could bring down one of these 

 1 shot were not spared; they were so excellent 

 nerally announced their presence by a peculiar 



cry, which served likewise as a notice to all other birds in the 



neighbourhood of approaching danger. 



29. PoRZANA PHGENicuRA. (Nock ihkoh.) 



This Water-hen is not very common. They are very shy; 

 and it was but seldom we could procure them as an addition to 

 our commissariat. 



30. Edolius paradiseus. (Nock sang-saeoh.) 



The Nock sang-saeoh appears only periodically in Bangkok. 

 Its peculiar tail, ending in two shafts, with lanceolate-shaped 

 tips at the end (these shafts as long as the body of the bird), 

 give it a curious appearance. I have never heard the bird sing- 

 ing; its only sound may be likened to the mewing of a cat. I 

 am not aware that the Drongo Shrikes^ or Indian Butcher-birds, 

 are famed for song. I am almost led to believe that at ccr- 



