40 JornxAL. XATrnAL ul^t. sorrETV of stam. Yoi.i. 



in cainj). One of these was shot and borne off. as it fell, by a Sparrow 

 Hawk. Tiie Hawk could not rise with the weight cf the bird, but 

 glided with it to a perch. 



Ill the open forests of Shorea, the Chinese Francolin is most 

 common and. during the rains. ver\' nois}'. One I shot this year was 

 perched in a tree upwards of 30 feet from the ground. 



■^ Jungle P\)wl [Gallus ferrugineas) are very common, and the 



■^ Silver I'heasant ( Gemiaeas linaatus) is general!}' distributed. 1 found 

 on April ord a nest of this with 8 i:'^'j;s, tlie nest being situated some 

 2 kilometres from water, so far as 1 know, but it was cavernous lime- 

 stone country and there may have been some underground pool 

 accessible. 



J Peacocks ( Pttro mutirus ) were abundant, and a number of eggs 



were hatched out. Except for the morning and evening call at roost, 

 the Peacock is a veiy silent bird ; but tiiese hand-reared chicks were 

 cheeping and calling throughout the day and never happy if left alone. 

 The}' became a nuisance in office. It was amusing to watch chicks 

 of 8 weeks old erecting stumpy tails and lowering wings to intimidate 



a young Macacc|ue, or a ground li?.ard ( Siamese, '• Yaa" ntl ) ? <^^'' 



^\■hen a little r>lder, trying tc frighten a Woodpecker which had excited 

 tlieir wratli by tapping on dr}' bamboo poles. 



The "Yaa" {Lidepis hellvnut) are found evei-y where in light, 

 warm, dry soils, and in the cleared area of \w\ camp there were a 

 number of them. 'J he big ones seemed to stay below ground during 

 bad weather — stoj^ping up the entrance iiole from beneath. They 

 run very fast and have the habit of sitting up to observe anything ;.t 

 a distance. The female, 1 believe, tends the young when hatched 

 out; as I remember seeing one dug out with a numlier cf ipiite young 

 lizards in tlie same burrow. 



'J'he brown lizard, conuuon in Bangkok gardens, was found at 

 all elevations and 1 shot a Monitor (^Wiranus neliHlo.^as, Siamese, 



FlvDQI?) 'I'akuat ) at some iXM.I metres elevation on the boundary, 

 whi('h had in its mouth one of these lizards. They ( I'. ne''u'osu.-> ) 

 were breeding in -luly, aiid i found the eggs ligjitlj' covered with 

 loose earth. 



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