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TIahits, etc. In Bangkok I liave onl\' met with tliis bird on the- 

 west side of the river. It is fairl}'' common tliere in the fruit and 

 betel-nvit gardens which abound in tliat iieighbourhood, aiid is pro- 

 bably alsO' to l^e found in otlier similar localities round Bangkok. 

 The bird hops and flits about bushes and low trees, searching 

 for insects, and is somewhat of a skulker, having the habit of taking- 

 refug'e in the recesses of a thick bush or bamboo-t^lum-p, when alarmed,, 

 and is then very diffi^cult to dislodge. Its note is a trisyllabic one, 

 07'-r chee chee. 



jyistrihution. Gyldenstol'pe records this bird from Northern 

 Siam, and I have procured it both at Ayuthia and at Koh Lak, in 

 scrub jungle. Oates states that it is fo-und in Tenas>;erim to a little 

 south of Tavoy, where it is replaced by mi allied species, M, (jularis, 

 which occurs in Southern Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula tO' 

 Sumatra. As Koh Lak is about 2G0 km. (!(50 miles) south of Tavoy, 

 it would appear that M. ruhricapiUtis extends lower down in this 

 country than it does in Burma, and it will be intercsting to see what 

 is its souther!}' limit in Siam. 



-f. 5 ( 243 ). Aegithlna tipMx. T/ir Common lora. 

 SiaiDese, unni^^UC^m (Nok knu-liib si tlimit). 



Beseription. Length, 137 mm. (5.4 in.). Male. Upper plu- 

 mage, more or less black in summer, yellowish green in winter, except 

 the wingrs and tail which are always black — the former with two white 

 bars and with the quills narrowly edged with 3"ellow. Lower plumage, 

 bright yellow from chin to breast, shading into greenish yellow from 

 the abdomen to the under tail-coverts. Feniile. Entire upper 

 plumage, greenish at all seasoiss, the tail duskier, and the (juills 

 blackish browu with yellowish edges — the two white bars being present, 

 as in the male. Lower plumage, greenish yellow. 



Iris, yellowish white. Bill, bluish black. I.>egs, plumbeous. 



Hahitfi, et:-. This pretty little bird ie a residefit species, and is 

 generall_v found singly or in pairs, searching for its insect food among 

 the leaves of trees. While so en^'ajj^ed, it utters its various melodious 



f The /) of knirhib, in this and other places where it occurs, is pro- 

 nuuiici'd mure like a p. 'J'lie words si than mean " beau-coloiu'cd ''. 



