188 MR. W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 



then, )3ut it does not ai>i)ear to liave )3een procured or observed l)v aiiv 

 other collector in Siani, and J ni3-seU' have nol. met with it outside 

 ]iangkok. The bird must, ot course, occur in other parts of the coun- 

 try also, in the cold weather, but it escapes observation owino- to its 

 skulking disposition. 



42 (663). Copsychus saularis (Linn.). The Mi\ijine-B<,],in. 



C<ip,^i/r/iii» saulari.i. GvlJpiistdljie 11)13, p. 39 ; tininliiei-. .Icjiini. X. If. 



S.' Slain 1, p 14t). " 

 Cii/i.-'i/i-hii-t saidini/: f^dulitn's, GvMenslolpc 11) It), p. ;jO. 



Siamese, unnmiu (Xok king-khen). 



Di'scrii>iio:i. Length about 20o nun. ( 8 in. ). ^f(lle. Head, 

 neck, breast and upper ])lumage glossy black ; abdomen, sides of body 

 and under tail-coverts white ; wing browni-sh black — the last two 

 secondaries with a considerable amount of white on the outer webs, 

 and the wing-coverts also largely' white : median two pair.s of tail 

 featiiers black, the next pair with the base and a variable amount 

 of tlie inner (and sometimes also the outer) web black — the remaining 

 pairs with a decreasing amount of black, the outermost jiair usually 

 having only a trace of tl;at colour on the extreme base of the feathers* ; 

 under wing-coverts and a.xillaries usually white, with ashy bases 

 and centres varj'ing in extent, but in some S])ecimens tiie central 

 and basal portions of the feathers are almost black. Female. Whole 

 npper plumage dai'k brown, glossed with bluish : wings and tail dark 

 brown, with white distributed as in the male ; chin, throat, breast and 

 sides of neck dark grej' ; middle of abdomen whitisli ; remainder of 

 abdomen, sides of body and und(M' tail-coveris ]),'de fulvous ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries as in the mal(\ 



Tris lirown. Hill l)lack-. Legs dark ]ilumbeous. Claws horn 

 colour. 



IfaliU'i, <lv. This is thi> familiar black and white bird, which is 

 n permanent resident liere and to be found in every Bangkok garden, 

 ft is a good songster and also has some fine whistling notes, its song 

 being usually littered from the topmost twig of a tree, the ridge of a 

 roof or other elevated pnint of vantage, and it is particularly vocal 



* The colouration of llie tnil-teatliors, here Kiven, is ilcscrilird ficmi a 

 (lo7.en Bansjkok s|ii':inioiis in my iiosspssiciu. I(. dillVrs, in sever:d |i;ni inihira, 

 from file (leseri]ilioii o, \u- fminil in tin' F'tnnn nf liriti.-h I mliii, iiinU 11, |i 117. 



.JOIKN. NAT. HI.ST. .SnC. .SIAM. 



