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Thrush (Garrulax diardi) is most plentiful. The Mynas are well re- 
presented as, in addition to the two species of Pied Myna found com- 
monly in Bangkok (Graculipica nigricollis and Sturnopastor superciliaris ), 
there are also the Siamese Myna ( Aethiopsar grandis), with short 
crest and a white patch on either wing—the dun coloured house 
Myna ( Acridotheres tristis ), whose Siamese name, ang mM, closely re- 
sembles the Burmese name for the Talking Mynas; the migratory 
Chinese Myna (Sturnia sinensis )—a light grey and white bird seen in 
Bangkok during the winter months; and the Grackle or Talking 
Myna (LEulabes sp., Siamese yf sh Ni )}—a handsome black bird, 
with yellow wattles. 
Hares are plentiful on the higher ground and presumably belong 
to the same species as that founded on Mr. Lyle’s specimens, which 
have been classified as Lepus siamensis. They are snared, driven, and 
also shot at night by the aid of a lantern. 
In this second class of country occur the abrupt, jagged-topped 
limestone hills. These are the home of the Goat Antelope (Nemor- 
haedus or Oupricornis sp.) or “ Lieng pa;” and having only seen one 
adult and one dead calf, I will not attempt to describe a very variable 
species. I have found the droppings on nearly all the limestone 
hills in Ratburi and Petchaburi, and I have always regarded the animal 
as a very alert one—quite unlike the apparently rather tame creature 
which has several times been shot at Keh Lak in Muang Pran. The 
dead kid was probabiy less than two months old, and was well 
covered with soft black hair, with a pure white patch at the base of 
the neck between the fore legs. 
On these hills, also, may be found a Langur, one of the leaf 
eating monkeys ( Semnopithecus sp. ), black in colour, with poll and tail 
French grey. It has also bare rings around the eyes, of a pinkish 
white. 
It is a curious fact that tortoises abound on even the steepest of 
these abrupt hills. Seen in captivity in Europe, the tortoise is a 
sluggish animal, feeding on succulent vegetables and grasses, and 
apparently a creature best fitted for a life on the flat. Hills of 100- 
300 metres elevation, both in the second and third classes of country, 
have seldom been visited without several tortoises having been found 
and brought into camp tor food, and the coolies call them “Tao 
