This paper gives a short record of tlie birds coUected or observed by myself du ring 

 an expedition to Siarn, 1911 — 1912. 



I arrived at Bangkok, the capital of Siarn, at the end of November 1911 and 

 first I liad the pleasure of taking part in some of the festivities celebrating the 

 coronation of H. M. King Maha Vajiravudli. At the end of December I left Bang- 

 kok, after having done some bird-collecting in the neighbourhood. 



My special plan was to explore the Northern parts of the country, but I also 

 wished to spend some time in the Eastern districts. Therefore I first left for Korat, 

 the most important town of Eastern Siarn and situated 264 km. from Bangkok. In 

 Korat I arranged for some biillock-cars to take me up to the moiintains some 

 days south of the town. After a few days travelling I arrived at a small village 

 called Ban Sakerat, and here I ordered my tent to be put up for some time. The 

 forests round Sakerat were chiefly of the types called Laterite and Dry mixed forests, 

 and in the follovving pages I will give some short account of the character of these 

 forests. During my staty at Sakerat I made plenty of excursions in the neighbour- 

 hood and I also visited some places more than two days away from my headquarter. 



Finally I left for Korat again, employing the same means of transport, and 

 from there I started by rail for the north on the 25th of January. The railway 

 was then completed as far as Meh Puak, situated at a distance of about 530 km. 

 from Bangkok. 



South of the town of Pitsanulok the train passes through great swamps with 

 immense quantities of water- and w^ading birds. Several kinds of birds of prey were 

 also observed here. 



After two days travelling I at last arrived at the small town of Utaradit 

 where I stopped for some days. But this place was very bad for collecting parpo- 

 ses and I therefore went a few hours further to the north — also by rail — and 

 set my headquarter close to the Kao Plyng pass. Round there the country is very 

 hilly and all the hills and mountains are clothed with great tropical evergreen forests. 

 Quantities of creepers climb the trees and häng from bough to bough. The shaded 

 and moist ground is covered with a thick undergrowth of bushes with the stems 

 and branches so closely interlaced that it is almost impossible to make one's way 

 without cutting a passage. The only paths are those made by the wild animals 



