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that as the horn grows so do the fortunes of the possessor. Horns in 
the velvet also command a large price, being used as a strengthening 
medicine. 
The Mouse Deer (probably Traqulus javanicus ) is generally 
distributed in the denser jungle bordering on streams and was never 
obtained on the hill sides. 
Of the primitive Scaly Ant-eater (Manis sp.) I have seen only 
one skin, the specimen being obtained on a hill S. W. of Petchaburi. 
Of birds, the Paradise Flycatcher ( Verpsiphone affinis) was 
obtained in adult breeding plumage in mixed jungle in April; and 
around the camp the Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymborhynchus macror- 
hynchus) was very common. ‘The dead specimen gives a poor idea of the 
true colours—the brilliant azure blue of the beak fading one day after 
death. This species was never observed in the southern area, where 
the Dusky Broadbill (C. swmatranus) was obtained. Both species 
are usually sluggish and always absurdly tame. 
The Blue-winged Pitta (P. cyanoptera) was observed around 
camp from April to July, in the belt of fairly heavy jungle bordering 
on the stream. The Gieat Pied Hornbill and smaller Wreathed Horn- 
bill bred in the Wood-oil trees around the camp. 
Of the big Ibis (Vhawmatibis gigantea) I procured one speci- 
men, of which Mr. Healey has made an excellent coloured drawing, and 
this is probably only the fourth specimen obtained up to the present 
time. It is a peculiar bird, heing differently proportioned to the 
other species of the family, all of which appear to be tall or up- 
right birds, with the tarsus usually one quarter to one half the length 
of the wing; whereas this is a “long” bird, and the proportion of 
of tarsus to wing is only one-fifth. Also, the habits are different—this 
species being seen in smal] open spaces surrounded by jungle, whereas 
the rest of the family prefer the large swamps and wider plains, 
It is rare and very locally distributed. In 1910 I saw one south- 
west of Petchaburi and this year have seen five altogether. Mr. 
Irwin also reports having observed the bird south of this area in 
Muang Pran. 
The Purple Wocd Pigeon (A. puniceus) was not obtained north 
of Lat. 13°. The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (0. bicinetu) was 
plentiful in the northern area and the Green Imperial Pigeon (C. aenea) 
was generally distributed and frequently fed on some species of Ficus 
