THE BIRDS OF BANGKOK. 199 



Irid rich brown. U[>i)er inaudible dark Inown, lower llesliy lioni- 

 colour. Legs pinkish brown. Claws horn-coloiii-. 



Blstrihidion. Northern, Central and Peninsular Siam. Jt has 

 not yet b.ien recar^lerl from the other divisions of the country, but 

 ahno.st certainly occurs there in suitable localities, a.s it has an e.xtensive 

 range in Eastern Asia. 



Habits, cfr'.'. This bird is a winter visitor to Siani, and, in coui- 

 uion with other Buntings, is essentially a frequenter of lields, waste 

 lands and grass}' plains, as it feeds on grains and seeds of various kinds. 

 In Bangkok it is confined to the open parts of the suburbs, and appears 

 to be rather rare, as 1 have onlj- come across it twice, in small flocks, 

 in the month of April, i.e., towards the end of its stay in this country. 

 When disturbed in their feeding grounds, the birds immediately Hy in a 

 flock to a convenient neighbouring tree or bamboo-clump. Outside 

 Bangkok I have obtained the bird from Klong Rangsit and Samkok, 

 both being places a little north of this City. At Samkok it was common 

 in February in bamboo-cluuiiis near dry rice-fields. 



Family IflRUNDhMD.E— Swallows. 

 o3 (,«11.. ) Hirundo ^utturalis Scop. V'/'c Eastern 



Swallow. 



Jtiniii)/,) i/dttiintli'.'', ()g\\\ie-ih-ant, Fssc. Malay. Birds (l',lO.:>), \>. '■):>. 

 Vluliilon lustic'i f/uttunili-". (iiyliieustoliip I'.llo, p. 41 : id. IIIIG, [>. 83. 

 Jf/ruiir/o ru.<tic<i (luttitniU^, llobiiison. Ibis 1915. p. 74-2. 



Siamese, wn B IIQW (Noki-en). 



BegcriptioH. Length about 165 mm. (G.5 in.">. Forehead, chin 

 and throat chestnut ; lores black ; upper plumage glossy purplish blue ; 

 quills and tail black sufiused with purplish green, all the tail-feathers, 

 except the middle pair, with a white patch on the inner web ; sides of 

 the head and neck and a broad pectoral band black, but the chestnut 

 of the throat encroaches on the pectoral band, and in many specimens 

 nearly severs it down the middle of the breast ; lower plumage pale 

 chestnut, becoming darker on the uniler tail-coverts.* The outer pair 



» Tills dicstiuit sulTusinn (wliicli I have found in jill tlie Ijinls I liavo 

 examined) is clinracteristic (if //. /oV/c'i ratiifr than of II. gutlnmli.^, hut iii 

 liuint of si/.o. and in the imu ioa( hnnMit of the oin-stnut of the throat on the 

 black peitoral band, tin- birds fonncl here roscuiblo the latter spucics. They 

 liius appear to lie au intermediate form. 



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