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side-spots somewhat triangular. Uuder wing-coverts rusty 

 red mixed with pale red. 



One specimen of the same hybrid, has been previously 

 procured in Sweden. On the 12th February, 1859, a Thrush 

 was caught at Haga, near Stockholm, which, during the 

 course of the following year, was described by Meves^ as 

 Turdus illuminus Lobensteinf. 



This specimen is still preserved in the Riks Museum, 

 Stockholm. Through the courtesy of Prof. Smitt, I have 

 just been enabled to make a direct comparison between 

 it and the present specimen from Gudbrauddalen, and there 

 can be no doubt that they are identical. They are of the 

 same size. According to Meves, the Stockholm specimen 

 measured : — Total length, 255 millim. ; length of wing, 127; 

 length of tail, 89. 



The lower parts of the Swedish specimen, including the 

 under wing-coverts, resemble the Norwegian bird, even to 

 the smallest details. The upper parts of the Swedish bird 

 are a trifle darker brown than in the Norwegian specimen. 



Christiania, Feb. 15th, 1898. 



XXIX. — The Birds of a Bangkok Garden. 

 By S. S. Flower, F.Z.S., Royal Siamese Museum. 



The Wang Na, the old palace of the second King of Siam, 

 occupies a large piece of ground in the inner city of Bang- 

 kok. This was once a place of great pomp and magnificence ; 

 to-day its glories have departed. No longer a potentate 

 holds court " with a standing of white elephants on the 

 right side, and of white horses on the left,'' but weeds 

 grow in profusion where they will, bats and owls occupy the 

 ruined buildings, the long rows of barrack-rooms are empty, 

 and the cannon lie on the ground amid the mouldering 

 remains of their carriages. During last year the outer walls 



* Ofv. Kgi. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Arg. 17, No. 4, p. 202 (Stockh. 18G1) ; 

 The Ibis,' 18t)2, p. 182. 

 t ' Naumannia,' Bd. ii. p. 80 (Stuttgart, 1852). 



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