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that as the horn orows so do the fortunes of the possessor. Horns in 

 the velvet also conimaiicl a large price, being used as a strengthening 

 medicine. 



The ]\Iouse Deer ( probably Tnuiulus javaniats ) is generally 

 distributed in the denser jungle bordering on streams and was never 

 obtained on the hill sides. 



Of the primitive Scaly Ant-eater ( Manis sp. ) I have seen only 

 one skin, the specimen being obtained on a hill S. W. of Petchaburi. 



Of birds, the Paradise Flycatcher ( Teiysiphone affinis) was 

 obtained in adult breeding plumage in mixed jungle in April ; and 

 around the camp the Black-and-red Broadbill {Cirm'iorhi/nchas macror-'-j- 

 Ji.j/nchus) was very common. The dead specimen gives a poor idea of the 

 true colours — the brilliant azure blue of the beak fading one day after 

 death. This species was never observed in the southern area, where 

 the Dusk}^ Broadbill (C. siimatranus) was obtained. Both species -A 

 are usually sluggish and always absurdly tame. 



The Blue-winged l^itta {P. ci/nnofdera) was observed around -/ 

 camp from April to Jiily, in the belt of fairly heavy jungle bordering 

 on the stream. The Gieat Pied Hornbill and smaller Wreathed Horn- 

 bill bred in the Wood-oil trees around the camp. 



Of the l)ig Ibis ( TluiumatUns tjvjantea. ) I procured one speci- ~f- 

 men. of which Mr. Healey has made an excellent coloured drawing, and 

 this is probably only the fourth specimen obtained up to the present 

 time. It is a peculiar bird, l)eing differently proportioned to the 

 other species of the lamily, all of which appear to lie tall or up- 

 right birds, with the tarsus usuallj' one quarter to one half the length 

 of the wing; whereas this is a '"long" bn-d, and the proportion of 

 of tarsus to wing is oidy one-fifth. Also, the habits are different — this 

 species being seen in small open spaces surrounded by jungle, whereas 

 the rest of the family prefer the large swamps and wider plains. 

 It is rare and very locally distributed. In 1910 I saw one south- 

 west of Petciiaburi and this year have seen five altogether. Mr. 

 Irwin also reports having observed the liird south of this area in 

 ^luang Pran. 



The Purple Wood Pigeon {A. jmnirciis) was not obtained north 

 of Lat. 13°. The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon ( 0. Jnriwhi ) was -f- 

 plentiful in the northern area and the Green Imperial Pigeon {(■. (tenea) A- 

 was generally disti'ibuted and fVecjuently fed on rome species i.f Ficus 



