PL6 MR. LEGGE ON PRIONOCHILUS VINCENS. 



•more particularly the luxurious creeper, (Freycinetia angusti- 

 folia), which grows so plentifully in the Southern forests 

 round the trunks of tall trees, entwining and clothing them 

 completely until they have the appearance of columns of 

 ivy. It associates in small flocks and when this plant is in 

 fruit, may be seen in little parties, feeding on its seeds. 

 Tits movements are most active, now hovering for an in- 

 s slant over a flower, like other members of its family, no w 

 clinging -"tit-like" to the under side of some chosen 

 leaf. I have but once observed it in the open and that 

 was in a forest clearing where it was searching the 

 flowers of the " Bowitteya 5 ' plant, fOsbeckia virgataJ 

 Although it usually takes but short flights from tree to tree 

 in the jungle, its powers of locomotion are considerable and 

 it may be seen wending its way across openings in the 

 forest from one belt to another. 



The note of this little denizen of the woods is a weak 

 " tse-tse4se" scarcely audible on a stormy day amidst the 

 sighing of the mind in the trees and is generally uttered 

 in concert when searching for its food in small flocks, 



I know nothing as yet of its incubation, but it would 

 appear to breed in the South-west monsoon at different 

 dates according to the locality it inhabits; individuals 

 procured in the low-country forests -in June had the 

 sexual organs developed, and those killed in the Singha 

 jEajah forest in August were in a similar condition. 



