30 JOURNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAM. Pol. I. 
identified, large mammals do not exist, but I was told that wild pig 
are found in an isolated patch of low dense scrub on the borders of 
Ratburi and Nakon Chaisi. 
The Javan Slow Loris (Nycticebus tradigradus) is generally dis- 
tributed (though not common), but is rarely seen owing to its noc~ 
turnal habits. In four years I have seen but two. It is the only 
representative in Siam of the primitive Lemur family. Various 
writers state that this monkey is carried aboard Chinese vessels to raise 
a wind by whistling, and the Siamese name, “ Ling lom” ( Wind 
Monkey), leads one to suppose that the practice is recognised in Siam. 
The Malay Tree Shrew (Tupata ferruginea), commonly met with 
in Bangkok gardens, is generally distributed, and though included in 
the Natural Order Insectivora, is omnivorous and has, I hear, recently 
troubled coconut planters by attacking the heads of young plants. 
A feature of the broad plains N. W. of Ratburi are the huge 
flocks of a species of stork which, from the peculiar “ misfit” in the 
upper and lower mandibles, can only be the bird known as the Open- 
bill ( Anastomus oscitans ). 
The Sarus Crane (Grus antiyone, or ‘Nok karian”) is not 
common. | have seen but two pairs of this graceful bird stalking 
about the plains. During the present year I have seen the same pair 
several times in a big swamp west of Ratburi, where they probably 
breed, the nest being placed on the ground. It is an unmistakable 
bird and probably well known to members, there being several in 
captivity in Bangkok. The general colour is dove-grey, with a brick- 
red head. It stands some 4 feet or more high, and is the only crane 
so far recorded from Siam. 
Adjutant birds ( Leptoptilus dubius ), the Black-necked Stork 
( Xenorhynchus asiaticus ) and the White-necked Stork ( Disswra epis- 
copus) are generally distributed in suitable localities—the White- 
necked Stork showing a preference for the small glades and open 
jungle of the third class of country rather than for the plains. | 
In 1909 I obtained 3 nestlings of the Black-necked Stork, and 
the survivor of these now acts as a watchman for Mr. W. G. Johnson 
in Bangkok. Mr, Nunn informs me that this bird feeds largely on 
snakes. ‘The nest was placed in the top of a tree some 100 metres up 
the side of Khao Chao Lai 
