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buapuhii'n ami iiilei'-.-5c;q)iihii'y ivyiciii daik iiurplisli blue: wiiig-roverts 

 edged with deeji blue : (|uills ilaik brown, outer web of lirst piiiuary 

 eiitirelj', ami iiniei' webs ot all wiiig-t'eatliers partially, dull lut'ous ; 

 edge of wing, smaller upper coverts and under wing-eoverts rufous: 

 tail orange-red. 



li'is brown. ISill :un\ feet bright verniillion-red (Blanfoid). 



Uisiriliittiuu. Recorded, so far, from J'eninsular, Northern and 

 Central Siani, the first being the only division ot the country in which 

 the bird appears to be at; all plentiful. Kobinsoii and Kloss state 

 th'it (J. ifidiu-ti/laiti " widely distributed throughout the IVninsuia in 

 heavy jungle, usually near water," and Ivobinson has informed me that 

 it is common in Trang. As regards the other parts of the countr)', the 

 only records I can trace are the following : — 



One obtained by Mr. 1*. A. 11. ISarron at Koh 8i-clun)g. Inner 

 Ciulf ot Siam, in l'J12 and preserved in spirit (Gyldenstulpe, o^i. cil., 

 1018). Mr. Harron informed nie that this specimen drnp|)ed dead in 

 his compound, while Hying dvcrhead. 



One caught alive by some boys in a garden near JJush Lane, 

 Hangkoli, on 7tli Ajtril 191 f, and brought to Mr. E. G. Herbert, who 

 put it into his aviar3'. Here il lived for two months, feeding on small 

 prawns, until it succumbed during a heavy thunderstorm (Herbert, 



lur. cil.). 



(Jne obtained by Mr. Minil l']isenohler in Northern 8iam ((.iylJen- 

 stol)>e, (III. cil., 1915). Jlr. Eisenhufer informed nie that it was a 

 solitary specimen, and was shot near Den Chai. 



One jiroeurcd by II. R. II. the rriiice of Cliumpon at ]\Iuang 

 Non, near Bangkok, a year or two ago. 



From the above particulars it is rvidrnt that the bird is 

 rare in what may be called Siam pio])er, and a further point to 

 be noted is that in none of the tour e.xam|)les reported ean it be said 

 that the birds were found in " heavy jungle," which Robinson and Kloss 

 mention as their habitat in the Malaj' I'eninsnla. Koh Si-cliang is 

 certainly well-wooded in parts, but not heavily timbered, while the 

 jungle round Den Chai is deeidutms and rather open. In the other two 

 cases the specimens were obtained in gaidcn hind, on the alluvial i>l.iiu 

 of Central Siam. 



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