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234 Journal of the F. M. S. Museums. [Vol. VI,
DiCAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMA (Scop.)
Dicaeum trigonostigma (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit.
Mm. X, p. 38 (1885).
a—f. 5 Males, i Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000
November—8th December 1915. [Nos. 2,118-g,
2,137, 2,202.]
ft. 30th
2,133-4,
" Male: iris dark, bill greenish slate, paler at the base of
the lower mandible, feet dark slaty green. Female: iris dark,
bill pale orange, ciilmen and tip horn brown, feet
slate." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.]
dark green
Common on
camp.
flowering trees in open spaces near our
3,500 ft.
. Prionochilus
Abundant everywhere in the Peninsula up to about
Pkionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton).
ignicapillus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit.
Mus. X, p. 65 (1885).
a— b. 2 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 4th December,
1915. Nos. 2163-4.
" Bill black, iris chestnut, feet slaty black, lower mandible
slate except at tip." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.]
Not very common on Kedah Peak. Sparsely distributed
throughout the Peninsula, attaining about 3,000 ft. as its
maximum elevation.
Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.).
Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ;
Mus. X, p. 6g (1885).
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit.
a. I Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 6th December,
1915. [No. 2,190.]
b. I Male. Gurun, Kedah 50 ft. 13th December, 1915.
[No. 2,252.]
" Iris chestnut, bill slate, the culmen black, feet dark
greenish slate." (H.C.R. & C.B.K.)
Not so common as others of the family but very generally
distributed over the whole length of the Peninsula, from
Bandon to Singapore.
Prionochilus thoracicus (Temm.).
Prionochilus thoracicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.
X, p. 67 (1885) ; Ogilvie Grant, Jotirn. Fed. Malay States Mus.
iii, p. 19 (1909); Robinson, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Asiat.
Sac. No. 57, p. 14 (1911).
a— c. 3 Male. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th November
1st December, 1915. [Nos. 2,121, 2,135-6.]
" Iris dark, bill black, feet greenish slate." [H.C.R. &
C.B.K.]
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