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be a waterfall from the top of the western island to the sea in wet 

 weather. General formation, sandstone. 



We obtained little of interest fa new form of dwarfed Seiurus 

 canicep.^, with representative races on each islet; green pigeon, 

 Muscadivores aenea, Caloenas nicobarica; two species of sunbird ; 

 and a mangrove flycatcher ; while we saw crows and sea-eagles and 

 heard a hawk-owl. We stayed here two nights. 



KOH PiPIDON. 



A limestone island in Ghirbi Bay, near Puket, about ten miles 

 from the shore, the eastern side fairly flat and covered with heavy 

 jungle amongst which immense Aroids, 12-18 ft. high (Colocasia), 

 were growing. The western side, a magnificent crag of variegated 

 greyish limestone almost marble in parts : on this crag the vegetation 

 was interesting but little was in flower. We noticed some large 

 Dracaence, Euphorhia quadrangular is and masses of the huge 

 orchid, Sfauropsis g'lgas Bentham. 



We obtained little of interest — a new squirrel, a bat or two 

 and a few common birds ; and noted, but did not obtain, two species 

 of Collocalia and Hirundo badia. 



Junk Seylon or Puket or Toxgka. 



Three hours steam from Koh Pipidon. On the present 

 occasion we stayed three days coaling and taking in water, which 

 was bad and hard to obtain ; but did not collect, as the island had 

 been thoroughly worked by a party of ours the year previously. We 

 noted vultures in numbers (Pseudogyps bengalensis) feeding on offal 

 in the town, and one or two King Vultures (Otogyps ccdvus) outside 

 the actual town. 



Pang-nga or Punga. 



On our way north we visited Pang-nga, at the head of the 

 bay, and some miles up a muddy river lined with mangrove and 

 dotted here ani there with limestone rocks. The town is pictur- 

 esquely situatad between tall limestone cliff's, with a clear rippling 

 stream running between, but had recently been burnt down. On its 

 outskirts was a cool and shady Wat or Siamese temple. 



On our way north we passed through the straits separating 



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