338 MR. W. J. F. WILLIAMSON ON 



botli on account of its strilcino- appearance and its incessant calling. 

 Its notes appear to be of tliree different kinds, vi/., (1) a loud scream- 

 ing cry of /.•((, /.a, /.<', ht , ha, uttered wliile flying, (2) a regular cheep, 

 rheep, cheep, cheep, usual)}- uttered four times, but occasionally five, 

 wliile seated, and (3) a soft, confidential note of hrni-l-rui, also when 

 seated, which last appears to be of an amative nature, as 1 have only 

 noticed it when a pair are together, undisturbed. 



It breeds here regnlarly from IVliruar}- to -Tune, or possibly a 

 little later, and lays fi)iir white eggs, either in a free-ant's nest, or in a 

 liole in a tree. 



Fam ily / 'Vl TWA E— Ifonprnx. 



83. Upupa epops lougirostris Jcrdon. Tie Burmrsf 

 Hoopoe. 



Siamese, VinrnTi'^VlQimy — Nok karar.g hua khwaii. 



l'/iii/i:i im/icii, Dlniiliiril, F.iini. Brit. IikL, ISiids, iii ( 18'.t."i), |>. 101 ; 

 ()<;ilvi('-GMiit, Fiisf. M.iliiy. Zool., iii (l'.)().')). p. 108 ; Holiiiison and 

 Kioss, ll)is, 11)11, p. 3.5: il.il.ii.son, .lomii. F. M. S. .Mus., v. p. 14.5 

 (1915): (i.ainliiei-, .lonni. N. H. S. Siaiii, i, p. 1.50 (l',n.5) : Williaiii- 

 son, ibid., p. 198 (I'.ur,), 



I'/injiii fpiip« iiiilii-d, Uyldonslnlpe 1918. p. •5(1. 



I 'piijiii {^jiii/)ii Idinjiriixtris, (iyldeiistnlpe 1916, p. 111. 



DesrriptioH. Lcngtii of males up to 3oU mm. (13 in.). C'rett 

 pale rufous, all the feathers with black tips : sides nf head, chin, neck 

 all round, breast and upper ))ortion of abdomen varying from ashy 

 rufous to pale rufous with a vinous tiugi — -the hind neck being 

 generallj- darker and more rufous than the other parts ; bend of wing 

 (in adults) ]iale rufous ; upper back light brown (sometimes with ashy 

 finge), then a )>lack band, followed hy a buffy white one. this in turn 

 succeeded by a broad brownish black band with iiupeifect whitish or 

 buff)' bars ; rump white; ujiper fail-coverts whiteatbase, black at ends : 

 tail black with a white bar across it halfway down: primarj- and 

 secondary quills black, the first primary generally, but not always, 

 with a white spot on the inner well, the other jiriniaries with a white 

 band across them, imperfect on the innerniust three or four, and the 

 secondaries with white bases and four wdiite bands : tertiaries ihirk 

 brown, edged with buffy white and with an ol)lii(ue band of the same 

 colour on the inner web. Lower ]wrtion ot abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts while. 



JOIUN. NAl. HIST. .■<(.)(•. Sl.AM. 



