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Count Gyldenstolpe, but he did not find it south of Prae, or near 
Bangkok. 
Mr. Barton writes of it in the same way from Raheng, and 
Mr. Gairdner reports the same from the Western boundary, but I am 
not aware that it has been recorded from anywhere near Bangkok. 
On the 20th June last, I found this bird in large numbers between the 
river and Chiengrak Station, and obtained specimens of both male and 
female. The distinctive mark between these two is the colour of the 
beak, which is red on the male and black on the female, and [ found 
the Siamese call them by different names. Blanford, in the Fauna of 
British India, after giving the distribution of this bird in India, says 
it is found throughout the whole of Burma, the Andaman Islands 
(not the Nicobars), Cambodia, Cochin China, and parts of Southern 
China, so one would naturally expect to find it throughout the whole 
of Siam at certain seasons of the year, and this is probably the case. 
EK. G. HERBERT. 
August, 1914, 
No. IX.—SMALL MINIVET (PERICROCOTUS PEREGRINUS ) 
BREEDING IN BANGKOK. 
Pericrocotus peregrinus. 500. Fauna Brit. India. The 
occurrence of this pretty bird in Bangkok seems to be little known, 
though it may be seen in the fruit gardens on the West side of the 
river, and more frequently on the mangrove trees along the banks 
of the river at the lower end of the Harbour. The bright scarlet 
of the breast and rump are very conspicuous as the birds flits around 
the outer branches of the trees in search of insects. The Siamese 
name is ‘‘ Nok si champoo talay ”—the pink bird from the sea, and 
it is said that they migrate South for breeding in the spring, and then 
return here for the remainder of the year. Whether any of the birds 
actually do this I cannot say, but many of them certainly breed in 
Bangkok during April, May and June. 
In April, I often saw them in pairs, and occasionally in May, 
and from early June I several times saw old and young out together, 
and watched the young being fed by the female. It then appeared 
fairly conclusive that these birds were breeding here, and after con- 
siderable search, and watching the birds, a nest of fully fledged young 
