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Tris dull white. Bill, anterior half yellow, basal half plum- 
beous—the culmen greenish. Legs pinkish flesh-colour. 
Distribution. I obtained a pair of these birds from a Siamese 
bird-catcher in Bangkok in December 1914. He assured me he had 
trapped them here, and that in the course of a season he gets as 
many as 40 or 50. Ihave no reason to doubt this statement, as the 
man appears to devote himself to the business of catching birds in 
Bangkok and selling them either to private individuals or to the pro- 
prietors of the numerous bird shops here, 
I can trace no other record of this bird in Siam. Mr. Emil 
Hisenhofer (Gyldenstolpe) records S. malabarica from Northern Siam, 
and though the two species are very similar in appearance, S. me= 
moricola can be distinguished by the white edge to its wing which is 
entirely lacking in S. malabarica. The identification of my specimens 
has been confirmed by Mr. H. C. Robinson. 
30 (546). Graculipica nigricollis. Zhe Dlack-necked 
Myna. i 
Siamese, wun aus lags lng) ( Nok iang-khrong yai ).* 
Description. Length, up to 304 mm. (12 in). Whole head and 
neck white, bordered all round by a black collar; behind this, on the 
back, is an indistinct band of feathers with whitish tips, while the re- 
mainder of the back is dark brown, the feathers with paler tips; rump 
and shorter tail-coverts white, primary wing coverts white ; remaining 
wing-coverts and quills dark brown with white tips—minute on the pri- 
maries. Lower plumage, with the exception of the black collar, white. 
Tris rich dark brown, surrounded by a narrow ring dull white. 
Bill dark horny. Mouth dark slate to blackish. Legs dull fleshy 
white. Bare skin round the eyes pale to deep yellow. Young birds 
have the head and neck brown. 
Habits, etc. One of our commonest resident birds, usually 
going about in pairs or small flocks, and frequently to be seen walking 
about on the ground searching for insects, of which its food appears 
chiefly to consist. This Myna is a very noisy bird and has a number 
of loud and cheerful but not unmusical notes. Being of a gregarious 
nature, it usually roosts, out of the breeding season, in considerable 
companies, selecting some leafy tree or bamboo clump for the purpose. 
* Colloquially known as Vok king-khrong yat. 
