i 5^4 ) 



l70. Anthreptes rhodolaema Shelley. 



Anthreptes rhodolaema Shellej', Monogr. ^ecUirin. p. 313 (Malacca). 



iii'i ?. Sungei Tahan, Mount Taban between 2uo0 and 5iil)0 ft. 



{Vide my notes on Anthreiitcs mdacccnxis and .1. rhodolaema, whieh is 

 evidently a good species, even \^^ females being mueh greener below. The males 

 also arc much jrreener ou the under side than those of ^1. malaccensis.) 



ITl. Anthreptes hypogrammica (1^. Miill.). 



Kectarinia hi/potjrammica S. Miiller, \'erh. XatKurl. Gesch., Lantl- en 

 Yolkenkunde p. 173 (1843: "Sumatra en Borneo). 



Common on the Guuong Tahan at about 15UU ft. elevation. 



172. Chalcoparia singalensis (Gm.). 



Motacilla singah'iiMS Gm., Si/st. ^at. i. (lTb8) p. 9(54 (ex Brown & Latham, 

 " habitat in insula Zeylon "). 



Sungei Tahan and Gunong Tahan between 2U00 and 5000 ft. 



173. Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.). ,> 



Certhlu loiigiroslra Latham, lud. Oni. i. (ITOti) p. 209 (Hab. in Bengala). 



5. Gunong Tahan, November 1001, lUOO ft. 



174. Arachnothera robusta Miill. & Schleg. 



Arachnothera robusta, Verh. Natwurl. (iench., ZooL, lloitigcogcls p. 08 (l84(j : 

 westkust van Sumatra). 



6. Gunong Tahan, November lOUl, lOUU ft. high. 



175. Arachnothera affinis modesta (Eyton). 



[Certhia ajfiiiis Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. London xiii. p. 166 (1820: Java!).] 



Anthreptes modesta Eyton, P. Z. S. 1830. p. 1U5 (Malacca). 



Sungei Tahan and Gunong Tahan at about 1000 ft. 



In this form, as in all the others of the geims, the sexes differ in size. <i 

 wing 87, ¥ wing barely (SO, mostly 70 mm. Bill also much shorter in the/emalr. 



The Java form (typical a^inis) has longer wings and tail (wing S ad. 01 

 to 03 mm.), the dark shaft stripes on throat and breast are much more distinctly 

 marked, and the colour of the under surface is more greyish. 



A. affinis affinis is restricted to Java, while -I. ajjinis modesta is sj)r('ad 

 from Tenasserini over the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, while in Borneo it is 

 represented by .1. affinis everetti. 



176. Arachnothera flavigaster (Eytonj. 



Anthreptes.ffavigaster Eyton, P. Z. S. 1S30. p. 105 (Malacca). 



One male, Gunung Tahau, November lOol, liioo ft. high. 



This specimen is of enormous size : wing 115, tail 58, bill 42 mm. 



