326 MR. W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 



bi'uadef titreak beluw Uie eye, willi tlie chin ami throat, sulphur-yt'llow : 

 bi'eaal., abiluiueii ami nmler tail-covertd yellowisli white, .streaked loiigi- 

 l.mliiially witli (lai'l< green, esi)ecialiy on the Hanks ; tail faintly washed 

 beluw with [lali.' verJiter-blue. 



The young i^; duller, and lack.s the crimson and black on the 

 forencck. 



Iris darkbi'owu. IJill blackish, except base of lower niantliblo 

 which is slate-solour. -Mouth slate-colour. Dare orbital skin dull 

 crimson. I^egs jiinkish coral-red to lake-red. Claws blackish in adult;. 



iJidiilnilwii. A very widely distrib"iit;ed bird, and conimcn near- 

 ly everywhere. The authors i[UOtetl in the symonymy record this 

 si)ecics from all parts of the countr_v exde[)t the Central, Mastern and 

 Soulh-eastern divisions, in all thi'rc of which, however. 1 have personally 

 obtained it. 



7/((//iVs, il'f. In Bangkok this is one ol the best -known and 

 most familiar Ijirds, under its trivial name of Coiipersmith. which it 

 derives from the su|3posed resemblance of its monotonous note, fuoh, 

 I^mI-. tool,, to the tap of a hammer on metal. This note it repeats times 

 without number from its perch 0:1 the upper branches of some leafy- 

 tree, and at each note it nods its head. The Siamese name, it is ol 

 interest to remark, means "Gold-beater bii'd," while the Malays call 

 it Tnkaii'i heai, or the "IJlacksudtlr' bird. 



This Harbet, in common with most other Ivistcrn species ol I he 

 family, is miinly a fruit -eater, but is said occasioiuiUy to take insects, 

 .vnv large trees which b.^ar an abundance ot small-si/.ed fruit.*, such 

 as Fkuf el'iflira, the common Jxubbertree of Bangkok, and /•'. rclu/iosia, 

 the Ton /V(0 of the Siamese, are a great attraction lo these birds at 

 cei'tain seasons. 



(^/>7;/;/;— ANISODACTYLI. 



Family r'o/,Mr/.i/Ai7;_ Rollers. 

 7 1. Coracias affiais iMcChll. 'J'/te Biidi/csc /,'ul/rr. 

 Siamese. 'unpi:;inu — Ni'l< ta-klnili. 



r();(/c/«.< ((///;//.-■, liliiiifiinl. Fiuni. ISril. Iudi:i, iliiils, iii (Is'.t.'i'', p. lO."): 

 Oifilvic-iinuit, Fiisr. Midiiy. /eel., iii (I'.H).':)), p. lO'.i; tiykU'iislelpc 

 l'Jl:3, p. r.l: {iaiidiier, .Imnii. X. II. S. SImiii, i. p. led (I'.H.'i): (iyl- 

 (loiislclpe IDKI, p. 1 17. 



Hr^i-riiilioii. Length about •J-jH mm. {\-> in.). Head above 



.lot l;.S. .NAl. m.-i. ^UC. MAiM. 



