THE BIRDS OF BANGKOK. 211 



is, therefore, the Western division, but it must occur there, as it is 

 found in Tenasserim. 



TTaJiits, Ac. The onlj' Bangkolc specimens in my possession are 

 a pair ( c? and 2 ) obtained by Mr. E. G. Ilerbert on the west side 

 of the river, where there are extensive tracts of fruit-gardens inter- 

 spersed with large trees, and that gentleman informed me that he had 

 seen the bird on oth?r occasions. I do not think it is found in the 

 more open districts of the east side of the river. Gyldenstolpe reports 

 this species as " rather common " in E istern, Central and Northern 

 Siam, but that is not my experience in the parts 1 iiave visited. I 

 should rather be inclined to say that, while widelj' distributed, it is 

 nowhere abundant. 



The male of this bird vies with that of the last species in the 

 beauty of its colouring, and the glos=;y metallic green of its upper 

 plumage is most attractive. 



Family D/O.-E'/D.E— Flower-peckers. 

 65 (912). Dic3B urn cruentatum (Linn.). TheScarM- 

 hached Flower-peclccr. 



Diciienii} enii'iitiitiiw, Ogilvie-Grnnt, Fasc. Malay. Binls (1905), p. 74; 

 Rohiiison and Kloss.'liiis 1011, p. 7>^ : (iyl.ionstolpe 1013, p. 4G ; 

 RohiiisoTi, .[(mill. F.M.S. llus. V ( 191.5 ), p. l.")2 : Gaiidnm-, .Fourri. 

 N. H. S. Siam I ( 101.5), p. 149; Gyldenstolpe, ibid, p. 171; Robin- 

 son, Ibis 191,5, p. 7.5.5. 



Diriieiiiu ciiuntdlum coccinea, Gyldenstolpe 1916, p. 3.5. 



Siamese, un (^f Wfl d^vj (Nok si-chorap'hu suan). 



u 

 Description. Length about 89 mm. (3.5 in.). Male. Forehead, 



crown, nape, back, rump and upper tail-coverts crimson ; lores, sides 

 of the head and neck, wings and tail black ; upper wing-coverts black 

 with a bluish gloss ; lower plumage pale bufl', the sides of the breast 

 black, and the sides of the body ashy brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white. Female. Head, nape and back olive-green, the 

 centres of the feathers of the crown darker ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts red ; tail black ; the whole lower plumage ashy buff, darker on 

 the sides of the neck and body ; wing-feathers dark brown, edged on 

 the outer webs with olive-green. 



Iris dark brown. Bill black (fully adult male) ; upper mandible 

 dark horny, lower mandible pale slate — tip dusky ( female, and younger 



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