84. JOURNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAM. Vol. I. 
Habits, ete. This bird is a winter visitor to Bangkok, and is to 
be found here from October to nearly the middle of May—being one 
of the last of our cold weather visitants to depart. J] have generally 
observed it on trees and bushes near our rush-grown canals and road- 
side ditches, but it is apparently not entirely arboreal in its habits, as 
1 have severai times seen it hopping about on the ground. It is, 
I believe, strictly insectivorous in its diet. 
The note of this bird is a loud and harsh chik-chik (not unlike 
the sound produced by a pair of gardener’s shears), interspersed with a 
harsh kr-r-r or chr-r-r. 
Dis'vibution. This bird does not appear to have been previously 
recorded from Siam, and I have only met with it, in Bangkok, in the 
neighbourhood of Khlong Sathon and Khlong Te-i, though it is 
doubtless to be found in suitable localities in other parts of the 
suburbs. 
13 (371). Orthotomus sutorius. The Indian Tarlor- 
bird, 
Siamese, wnnre unr ‘ley ( Nok krachib krasai ). 
Description, Length, about 120 mm. (4.75 in.), except in 
summer, which is the breeding season, when the male is tound with 
the centre pair of tail feathers longer than at other times of the year 
by 51 mm. (2 in.), or more. Forehead and up to the middle of the 
crown, rufous—shading off on the remainder of the crown and nape 
into the yellowish-green of the rest of the upper plumage. Lower 
plumage, dull white, dusky on the sides of the body, and with a faint 
rufous tinge on the abdomen; thighs, deeper rufous. 
Iris and eyelid, yellowish brown to reddish yellow. Bill, 
dark horny above, pale flesh-colour below. Legs, reddish flesh- 
colour. 
Habits, ete. The Indian 'Tailor-bird is one of our permanent 
residents, and is to be found in every garden in Bangkok. It is a 
familiar and active little bird, continually on the move, hopping about 
low trees, bushes, ete., searching for the small insects on which it feeds, 
and it frequently enters the verandahs of houses for the same purpose. 
Its note, which is a surprisingly loud one for so small a bird, is a 
vibrant and penetrating chiu-chiu-chiu repeated times without number, 
