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notes. One of tliese is a soft and rather long drawn-out trill, and 

 another is a quick whistling call of ichee-o ivli.ee-o. Its most remark- 

 able note, however, which it not unfrequently utters, is a long, slow 

 whistle of two syllables, corresponding to the musical notes e and g 

 sharp. 



This bird may be looked for in every Bangkok garden, but 

 it is more ofr.en heard than seen, owing to its small size, its strictly 

 arboreal habits, and the manner in which its colouration blends with 

 that of the foliage among which it is always found. 



Bistrihnfion. Also recorded from Northern Siam (Gyldenstolpe), 

 and Tr.uig (Robinson and Kloss). 



f 6 (288 ). Otocompsa emeria. The Bengal Red-ichiskered 



Bulhul. 



Siamese, VinilJQnW I'DU (Nok parod hua kliont). 



Description. Length, 190 mm ( 7.5 in.). Forehead and crown, 

 black — the feathers of the latter being elongated into a conspicuous 

 crest 19 mm. ( .75 in. ) long; a small crimson patch below and 

 behind the eye ; upper neck, back and wings, brown ; tail, dark 

 l)ro\vn — the outer four or five feathers on each side, tipped with white. 

 Lower plumage, white, except the under tail-coverts, which are 

 crimson. 



Distribution. Trang ( R )binson and Kloss ); Phrae (Gyldens- 

 tolpe ). Mr. E. (jr. Herbert informs me that it is common at Paknampo. 

 1 obtained one specimen of this handsome bird in my garden in 

 October 1913, and there is r.nother i:i the Museum here marked 

 " Bangkok " in, 1 am told, Flower's handwriting. 



f 7 (293). Pycaonotus aaalis. The Yellow -vented Bulhul. 

 -Siamese, vifllJltimiUl UQW (Nok parod mi niianj). 



Description. Length, 203 mm. ( 8 in. ). The whole upper 

 plumage, brown, darker on the head ; a broad superciliutn, white ; 



t The d of parod, in the names of this and the next two hirds, is 

 pronounced more like » t. The words hua UuJn mean '-mask-headed.*' 



J Tfie words na nuun mean '• powdered-faced". 



