192 MR W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 



1 ilu nut kriuw wlietlier this bii'il ( and thi' rrmark also ajiplies 

 to the next species) remains in the nei^liljourhood ut Hangkuk clai-injr 

 the winter. Personal I }■, I have not met with it earliei in tiiat season 

 tlian Februarj-. 



Distriliidioio. L'p the jiresent onl)' recorded from Xortliern, 

 Central and Western Siam (iyldenstol[)e J'emarks (up. cil. sitiirn, p. 2'J) 

 tliat the Eastern Baya is " apparently rather rare " in Siani, but this is 

 certainly not tlie case as regards Bangkok. During the summer (April 

 to September) it is one of the commonest birds to be found in places 

 snitable for its breeding, and i have Iiad dozens uf specimens, besides 

 numerous nests and clutches of eggs. 1 have also found the bird 

 breeding in some numbers at Ayuthia (about -15 miles north of Bang- 

 kok) in Jul)', and Mr. K. (t. Gairdner obtained three last yeai-. which 

 were shot in February at llaheng ( in the northern i)ai't of Central 

 Siam ), out of a tljck of fr.nn lOU-200 iiidiviLluals, feeding in long- 

 grass on the river bank. 



-IG (723\ Ploceus mauyar ( llorsf.). The Striaktl Wvaccr- 



I'lociiis iiiiiiit/'ii lliii-ii-f/ix. (ijidi'iisldliie 1916, |i. L",l. 



Siamese, wn mi '^lU m IVlClti^ On mu ( Nok kra-chab 



liua-liiang ok-lai). 



l>esi:ript>oii. Length about 1-lU mm. ( 5.w in.). Male in irinler, 

 a I ul female at all seasons. Upper plumage dark brown, each feather 

 being edged with fulvous, giving a streaked appearance ; quills and tail- 

 fealliers dark brown, the former edged with greenish yellow, the latter 

 with pale yellowish ; supercilium and a narrow patch Ijuhinil the ear- 

 coverts 3'ellow ; clieeks brown ; lower plumage fulvous, i)ale on the 

 chin, throat and abdomen — tlie feathers of the breast and flanks being 

 streaked with dark browji down the centre of eacli feather.* Mole in 

 tiiDiuier, l''orehead, crown and nape bright yellow ; no yellow super- 

 cilium, or patch behind the car-coverts ; sitle.s of head, as well as cheeks, 

 chin and throat blackish brown. 



Iris brown. Upper mandible ; male, in winter, and female, at 



* Till' ilesi'ii|itiiiii iiliove giwii, wliicli is taken from liiids ulilaiiicd in 

 I!ini,L;Ui)k, dilTiTs, to sdiik; oxti'iil, rroiii that in llie l-'tiinin nf Jiritisli Inilin, 

 Uirds 11. p. 1711. 



JOL'H.N. .NAl. IlIM. SOL. MAM. 



