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rjount Gyldenstolpe, but he did not find it south of Prae, or near 

 Bangkok. 



Mr. Barton writes of it in the same way from Raheng, and 

 Mr. Gairdner reports the same from the Western boundary, but I am 

 not aware that it has been recorded from anywhere near Bangkok. 

 On the 20th June last, I found this bird in large numbers between the 

 river and Chiengrak Station, and obtained specimens of both male and 

 female. The distinctive mark between these two is the colour of the 

 beak, which is red on the male and black on the female, and I found 

 the Siamese call them by different names. Blanford, in the Fauna of 

 British India, after giving the distribution of this bird in India, says 

 it is found throughout the whole of Burma, the Andaman Islands 

 {not the Nicobars), Cambodia, Cochin China, and parts of Southern 

 China, so one would naturally expect to find it throughout the whole 

 of Siam at certain seasons of the j^ear, and this is probabh'' the case. 



E. G. HERBERT. 



Aiujust, 1914. 



No. IX.— SMALL MINI VET ( PERTCR0C0TU8 PEEEGBINUS ) 

 BREEDING IN BANGKOK. 



■ Pericrocotus 'peregvinus. 500. Fauna Brit. India. The 

 occurrence of this prett}" bird in Bangkok seems to be little known, 

 though it may be seen in the fruit gardens on the West side of the 

 river, and more frec^uently on the mangrove trees along the banks 

 of the river at the lower end of the Harbour. The bright scarlet 

 of the breast and rump are very conspicuous as the birds "flits around 

 the outer branches of the trees in search of insects. The Siamese 

 name 'is " Nok si champoo talay " — the pink bird from the sea, and 

 it is said that they migrate South for breeding in the spring, and then 

 return here for the remainder of the year. Whether any of the birds 

 actually do this I cannot say, but many of them certainly breed in 

 Bangkok during April, May and June. 



In April, I often sav.^ them in pairs, and occasional h^ in May, 

 and from early June I several times saw old and young out together, 

 and watched the young being fed by the female. It then appt^ared 

 fairly conclusive that these birds were breeding ht^re, and after con- 

 siderable search, and watching the birds, a nest of fully fledged young 



