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identified, large mammals do not exist, but I was told that wild pif^ 

 are found in an isolated patch of low dense scrub on the borders of 

 Eatburi and Nakon Chaisi. 



The Javan Slow Loris [Nydicebus tradigrachis) is generally dis- 

 tributed (though not common), but is rarely seen owing to its noc- 

 turnal habits. In four years I have seen but two. It is the only 

 representative in Siam of the primitive Lemur family. Various 

 writers state that this monkey is carried aboard Chinese vessels to raise 

 a wind by whistling, and the Siamese name, " Ling lom " ( Wind 

 Monkey), leads one to suppose that the practice is recognised in Siam. 



The Malay Ti'ee Shrew (Tupaia ferruginea), commonly met with 

 in Bangkok gardens, is generally distributed, and though included in 

 the Natural Order InsecUvora, is omnivorous and has, I hear, recently 

 troubled coconut planters by attacking the heads of young plants. 



A feature of the broad plains N. W. of Ealburi are the huge 

 flocks of a species of stork which, from the peculiar "misfit" in the 

 upper and lower mandibles, can only be the bird known as the Open- 

 bill ( Anastomus osciians ). 



The Sarus Crane ( Grus antigone, or "Nokkarian") is not 

 common. I have seen but two pairs of this graceful bird stalking 

 about the plains. During the present year I have seen the same pair 

 several times in a big swamp west of Eatburi, where they probably 

 breed, the nest being placed on the ground. It is an unmistakable 

 bird and probably well known to members, there being sevei'al in 

 captivity in Bangkok. The general colour is dove-grey, with a brick- 

 red head. It stands some 4 feet or more high, and is the only crane 

 so far recorded from Siam. 



Adjutant birds ( Leptoptilus dubius ), the Black-necked Stork 

 ( Xenorhynchus asiaticus ) and the White-necked Stork ( Dissura epis- 

 copus ) are generally distributed in suitable localities — the White- 

 necked Stork showing a preference for the small glades and open 

 jungle of the third class of country rather than for the plains. 



In 1909 I obtained 3 nestlings of the Black-necked Stork, and 

 the survivor of these now acts as a watchman for Mr. W. G. Johnson 

 in Bangkok. Mr, Nunn informs me that this l)ird feeds largely on 

 snakes. The nest was placed in the 10}) ot a tree some 100 metres up 

 the side of Khao Chao Lai 



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