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from a busli the Black-backed Pied Shrike {Hemipus picatus Sykes.) kept a sharp 

 lookout for passing insects. The Cinnamon-bellied nuthatch {Sitta cinnamoventris 

 Blyth.) climbed the trees, now and then uttering its characteristic cry, while turtle 

 dövs {Tiuiur tigrinus Blyth.) with whirring wings were fhtting to and from the 

 rice-fields. 



List of Birds obtained in the Laterite Dry forests, bamboo- and brushjungles on the 



Korat plateau in Eastern Siarn. 



Corvus macrorhynclms Wagl. 



Dendrocifta rufa Hartl. 



Gurrulus leucotis Hume. 



Garrulax diardi Less. 



Åethorhyndms xanfhods Sharpe. 



Chloropsis chJorocephala Wald. 



Pycnonotus gennaini Oust. 



Eubigula joJmsoni n. sp. 



Sitta cinnamoventris Blyth. 



Dicrtirus äter Herm. 



CJiaptia aenea Vieill. 



Bissemurus paradisens L. 



Orthotomus atrigularis Temm. 



Phylloscopus nitidus plumheitursus SwiXH. 



» superciliosa Gm. 



Prinia hlanfordi Wald. 

 Hemipus picatus Sykes. 

 Pericrocotus fraterailus Swinii. 



» solaris Blyth. 



» peregrinus L. 



Graucalus macei Less. 

 Oriolus melanocepliaJns L. 

 Graculipica nigricollis Payk. 

 Aethiopsar grandis Moore. 

 Sturnopastor floiveri Shabpe. 

 Cyornis tickelli Blyth. 

 Culicicapa ceylonensis Swains. 

 PratincoJu maura Pall. 



Monticola solitarius phiJippensis P. L. S. 3IiLL. 

 Passer montanus maJaccensis Dubois. 

 Chelidon rnstica guttiiralis Scop. 

 Anthus richardi striolatus Blyth. 

 Arachneclitlira asiatica Lath. 

 Chalcoparia jjJicenicotis Temm. 



Picus cJdorolophus clilorolophus Yieill. 



Gecinus erythropygius Elliot. 



Clirysocolaptes guttacristatus indo-malayicus Hesse. 



Iherciceryx lineatus hodgsoni Bp. 



XantJiolcema hoematocepliala P. L. S. Mull. 



Coracias affinis Mc Clell. 



Merops orientalis hirmanus Neum. 



Alcedo ispida hcngalensis Gm. 



PeJargopsis gurial hurmanica Sharpe. 



Halcyon smyrnensis fiisca Bodd. 



» pileata Bodd. 

 UpujJa epops indica Keichenb. 

 Blwpodytes tristis Jiainanus Hart. 

 Ccntropus sinensis Steph. 

 Palfsornis indohurmanicus Hume. 

 Gluncidiiim cucuJoides Yigors. 

 Ninox scutulata Raffl. 

 Otogyps calvus Scop. 

 Gyps tenuirostris Hodgs. 

 Spilornis clieela rutherfordi Hume. 

 Biitastur liventer Temm. 

 Milvus govinda Sykes. 

 Microhierax eutohnus Blyth. 

 Poliohierax insignis Wald. 

 Turtur tigrinus Blyth. 

 Pavo muticus L. 

 Gallus ferrugineus Blyth. 

 Sarcogrammus atriniichalis Jerd. 

 Tringoides hypoleucos L. 

 lotanus glareola L. 

 Gallinago stenura Kuhl. 

 Dissura episcopus Bodd. 

 BuhuJcus coromandus Bodd. 

 Ardeola bucclius Bp. 



The Swamps in Central Siani. 



The whole of Central Siain consists practically of a great plain with some iso- 

 lated hills here and there. Clumps of bamboos, generally marking the presence of 



