TIFF BIRDS OF BAXGKOK. §3 



»ial portion is webbc'd on the outsr edge only, except at the very tii\ 

 for about 76 mm. ( 3 in. ). This webbed portion has a tendency to 

 curl or loo{) inwards : hence the Siamese name — -tlie words }mn<j Iniami 

 meaning " loop-tailed.'' The forehead has a sliort tufr. of feathers. 

 €urling backwards. 



Habits, etr. This bird appears to be of strietly arboreal habit, 

 and captures its insect food on the wing — .swooping on it from a perch. 

 It has a variety of ricii, metallic notes. In Bangktjk it is a resident 

 species, and is found throughout the suburbs, but more abundant Iv in 

 the well-wooded ones, such as on the west side c»f the river. 



JJisfrihutwn. Heibinson and Kloss also record it as occurriiu'- 

 throughout the (.Malay) Peninsula — -and therefore, presumably, in 

 Trang — while (Jyldenstoipe met with it in ilastern, Central and 

 Northern .Siam. 



Family STL ) 77/).-7';— Wavl )lois, 



j- 12 (8<M > Acrocsphalus orientalis. T he Ea.^tcrn Great 

 Eeed- Wiirhlcr. 



Description. Jxengtii. about i'JO njm, ( 7.5 in.). I'pper 

 plumage, olive-brown, paler and with a fulvous tinge on the rump and 

 iipper tail-coverts. Wings and tail, brown, the feathers edged with 

 fulvous brown. Chin and throat. whiti.sh, shading into fulvous on 

 the breast, abdomen and under tail-t'overts. Tlie throat- and breast 

 are generally faintly streaked wi( h bro^vn. 



Iris, yellowish br-own. Hill, dark horny above. dusl<v flesli- 

 colour or dusk}' yeilow below. Mouth, orange oi- orange yellow. 

 Legs, yellowish plundjeous. 



This bird is very similar in si?;e, colouration and general 

 appearance to ^'i'V(7((</7M'«;iM»;t'V/o/r ( The Thick-billed Warbler) which is 

 described below, though the bill of the latter is smaller and somewhat 

 differently sliaped. The main point ot ditierence, however, is in the 

 comparative length of the first primar3% as will be seen I))' reference to 

 the accompanying Plate, tor the drawing of which I am indebted 

 to Mr. I']. Healey. In Arroce/'/i'iln.s orientalis the first j rimary is 

 very minute, while in Arundinax aedmi it is about 2-j mm. ( 1 m. ; 

 lontr. 



