90 JOURNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAM. Vol a 
22 (481). Lanius cristatus. The Brown Shrike. 
Siamese, ywnnrs aw via\n ( Nok krachab hua to ) 
Description. Length, about 197 mm. (7.75 in.). Forehead, 
whitish ; supercilima, white ; a broad black band through and beneath 
the eye ; upper plumage, reddish brown, paler and redder on the ramp 
and upper tail-coverts; wing-coverts and quills, dark brown, edged 
with pale rufous; tail, reddish brown with pale tips. Cheeks, chin 
and throat, whitish ; remainder of lower plumage, fulvous. Birds not 
fully adult have the eye-streak dark brown and the lower parts more 
or less barred, according to age—still younger ones also showing traces 
of bars above. Adult birds are rare. 
Tris, dark brown. Bill, dark horn-colour, except basal portion, 
which is pale plumbeous. Legs, dark plumbeous. 
Habits, ete. This is a common cold weather visitor, its period 
of occurrence being from September to April. It has much the same 
habits as the preceding species, but is a more familiar bird, nearly 
always to be found in our gardens, while here, and making its 
presence known by its harsh notes. It has a variety of these, which it 
frequently utters. 
The words hua to, in the Siamese name for this bird, signify 
*big-headed”. This is a not inappropriate term, as the head is, pro- 
portionately, rather large. 
Distribution. Reported also from Trang (Robinson and Kloss), 
and Northern Siam ( Gyldenstolpe ). 
23 (500). Pericrocotus peregrinus. Zhe Small 
Minivet. 
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Siamese, wn@annag (Nok si chhom-phu dong ). 
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Description. Length, 152 mm. (6 in.). Male. Upper parts, 
dark grey, except the rump and upper tail-coverts, which are orange- 
scarlet ; wings, blackish, all the quills, with the exception of the first 
four or five primaries, with a median patch varying from pale red to 
scarlet ; tail, blackish, most of the feathers with the terminal portions 
pale scarlet. Chin, throat and fore neck, blackish grey ; breast, scarlet, 
passing into the saffron of the remainder of the lower plumage. 
Fenale. Upper plumage, paler grey than in the male; wings, brown, 
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