118 JOVBNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAAf. Vol. I. 



The horns shown are particularly heavy and measure : — ■ 

 Left 33.6 in. Right 33.5 in. to outer bases of coronets. 

 ,, 33.5 in. ,, 34.6 in. to front bases of coronets. 

 Circicmferences. Above coronet 9 in. ; above brow tine 7 in, ; 

 four and a half i)iches below the bifurcation 7.2 in. and two inches 

 above the same 5.5 in. Length of brow tine 10.7 in. 



This head was obtained near Nakon Lampang, 65 miles S. E. of 

 Chiengmai, by Mr, G. K. Spittel. 



K. G. GAIHDNER. 



Jane, 1914. 



, No. VIL- OCCURRENCE OP THE INDIAN THREE-TOED 

 ^ KINGFISHER (GEYX TRIDAGTYLA) IN BANGKOK. 



Ceijx tridadijla. 1040. Fauna British India. A fully adult 

 specimen of this rare little kingfisher was caught by some boys iu 

 a garden near Bush Lane on April 7th, and brought to rae alive. 

 When the boys saw it, they mistook it for a young bird of another 

 genus which also has a red back, and gave chase ; the bird v^^as 

 evidently very frightened, as it flew into the tnnik of a tree and 

 was picked up stunned. I let it loose in the aviary, where it fed 

 on small prawns and was apparently doing very well, but two months 

 later it was killed in a heavy rain storm. It is a bird of very feeble 

 flight, and its small wings, with such tiny quills,' strike one as very 

 inadequate to mniutain its balance with such a large beak and an 

 extremely short tail. The colours are remarkable for the violet gloss 

 on the hind neck and rump, with purplish blue on the back and wings 

 and bright orange on the breast ; the bill and feet are red, Blanford, 

 in the Fauna of British India, describes this bird as found all over 

 India, but far from common, and rare in Ceylon and parts of Southern 

 India. As far as I know, the only other specimen recorded from Siamt 

 is the one which was preserved in spirit by Mr. P. A. R. Barron at 

 Koh Si Chang and mentioned by Count Gy Idenstolpe. 



E. G. HERBERT. 



July, 1914. 



4- No. VIII.— -NOTE ON THE RED-BREASTED PAROQUET 

 (PALAEORNIS FA SCI AT US). 



Palaeornis fasciatus. 1145. Fauna British India. This 

 Paroquet has been recorded as very common in the North by 



