MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 5d 
slightly alarmed the bird would raise the wing farthest from the in- 
truder, but when “cornered”, both wings would be extended and 
brought forward until they reached beyond the tip of the beak, and 
the tail spread, so that the beautiful spotted markings were fully 
shown. The hissing, as described by Finn, was very noticeable in the 
older bird, but in the younger one it was replaced by a low plaintive 
whistle, so it possibly only occurs with the more fully developed 
birds. 
The “Painter” is reported as breeding two or three times 
during the season, and it is likely that the breeding season in Bangkok 
extends over the greater part of the rains. The nest is the usual 
hollow, often with a pad ot grass, and the eggs are four in number, 
slightly pyriform in shape, yellowish stone colour with large markings 
of very dark brown or black. The eggs measure 1.4 by 1 inches. 
Should anyone be so fortunate as to come across a sitting bird, it 
would be interesting to note whether it is a male or female, as the male 
is the inferior bird and there is reason to believe that it sits on the 
nest. 
E. G. HERBERT. 
October, 19138. 
No. VI. BREEDING OF PAINTED SNIPE IN SIAM. 
The point as to whether the Painted Snipe breeds around 
Bangkok has been discussed and doubted so often that it will interest 
sportsmen and naturalists, I feel sure, to know that while shooting this 
season at Sala Yah, I came across a mother with four chicks. This 
was on September 22nd. My man caught one of the chicks. It was 
quite small and unable to fly, being covered only with down, and had 
therefore obviously been hatched out only a few days. I did not keep 
the chick or make any special note of its coloration, but the parent bird, 
which I saw at quite close quarters, was clearly a “ Painter.” 
C. H. FORTY. 
November, 1913. 
No. VII—THE MOULTING OF SNIPE. 
I noticed this season that the “ Pintails,” or, at any rate, the 
early arrivals, were already in moult when they reached Bangkok. In 
the case of four of the first birds shot (Sept. 14th), one had complet- 
ed the moult of the primaries but the new feathers were not quite 
fully developed ; the second had only the two outer primaries of the 
old feathers remaining and the new ones were in varying states of 
developement; the third had lost six of the old primaries, and the 
fourth bird had only lost four. In the latter two instances the new 
