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The horns shown are particularly heavy and measure :— 
Left 33.6 in, Right 33.5 in. to outer bases of coronets. 
Mais Otel , 04.6 in. to front bases of coronets. 
Oircumferences. Above coronet 9 in. ; above brow tine 7 in.; 
four and a half inches below the bifurcation 7.2 in. and two inches 
above the same 5.5 in. Length of hrow tine 10.7 in. 
This head was obtained near Nakon Lampang, 65 miles S. EH. of 
Chiengmai, by Mr. G. K. Spittel. 
K. G. GAIRDNER. 
June, 1914. 
No. VIL—OCCURRENCE OF THE INDIAN THREE-TOED 
KINGFISHER (CEYX TRIDACTYLA) IN BANGKOK. 
Ceyx tridactyla. 1040. Fauna British India. A fully adult 
specimen of this rare little kingfisher was caught by some boys in 
a garden near Bush Lane on April 7th, and brought to me alive. 
When the boys saw it, they mistook it for a young bird of another 
genus which also has a red back, and gave chase; the bird was 
evidently very frightened, as it flew into the trunk of a tree and 
was picked up stunned. I let it loose in the aviary, where it fed 
on small prawns and was apparently doing very well, but two months 
later it was killed in a heavy rain storm. it is a bird of very feeble 
flight, and its small wings, with such tiny quills, strike one as very 
inadequate to maintain its balance with such a large beak and an 
extremely short tail. The colours are remarkable for the violet gloss 
on the hind neck and rump, with purplish blue on the back and wings 
and bright orange on the breast; the bill and feet are red. Blanford, 
in the Fauna of British India, describes this bird as found all over 
India, but far from common, and rare in Ceylon and parts of Southern 
India. As far as I know, the only other specimen recorded from Siam 
is the one which was preserved in spirit by Mr. P. A. R. Barron at 
Koh Si Chang and mentioned by Count Gyldenstolpe. 
E. G. HERBERT. 
July, 1914. 
No. VIIL—NOTE ON THE RED-BREASTED PAROQUET 
. (PALAEORNIS FASCIATUS). 
Palaeornis fasciatus. 1145. Fauna British India. This 
Paroquet has been recorded as very common in the North by 
