520 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vouxxn. 



ANTHREPTES MALACENSIS (Scopoli). 

 Certhia {malacensL^) Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insubr., 11, 1786, ].. 91 (Malacca). 

 Five adults, from Simalur, where '' common about cocoanut planta- ij 

 tions." These are perceptibly longer than Malay Peninsula examples, )| 

 bat color is identical. Length, 134-1J:3 mm. i 



ARACHNECHTHRA BRASILIANA (Gmelin). 

 [Certhia'] hrasiliana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 1, 1788, p. 474 (-'Brasilia"). 

 Qne adult male, from Simalur. Length, 108; wing, 49; culmen, ■ 

 10 nun. This specimen agrees in all respects, except that of bill, with I 

 l)ii-ds from other localities. Ordinarily the culmen measures about i 

 12 mm., but in this individual it is 16 mm. Some specimens f rom i 

 islands in the China Sea have long bills, but they do not quite match 

 this Simalur bird. 



"Not very common." Also seen on Tuangku. 



i^ETHOPYGA SIPARAJA (Raffles). 



Certhia siparaja Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soo. Lond., XIII, Pt. 2, 1822, p. 299 

 (Sumatra). 



Twelve specimens, from Tapanuli Bay, Simalur, Babi, Lasia, and 

 Bangkaru. The males from Babi and Lasia are a little darker on the 

 abdomen than any others in our collection, and the color of the female 

 is rather brighter than in those from other localities. 



On Simalur it was "generally in thick jungle about the edges of 

 clearings, and in cocoanut plantations. Most plentiful on Pulo Baba 

 in Telok Dalam." It was " common at edge of jungle on the shore"^ 

 of Lasia, Babi, and on the Banjak Islands. 



CHALCOSTETHA INSIGNIS (Jardine). 



Nectarinia insignis J ARDiNE, Naturalist's Libr., XXXVI (Birds, XIII), 1843, p. 

 274 (Java). 

 Four specimens, from Simalur and Tapanuli Ba}^ On Simalur it 

 was " common in the mangroves about Telok Dalam." 



Family DIC^ID^. 



DICTUM TRIGONOSTIGMA (Scopoli). 



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Certhia {trigonostigma) Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun Insubr., II, 1786, p. 9]; 

 ("Chine"). " 

 Three specimens, from Simalur and Lasia. At the first-named 

 Island it was "common." 



Family PLOCEID^. 



MUNIA MAJA (Linnaeus). 

 [Loxia'] maja Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 301 (Malacca). , 



Five from Loh Sidoh Bay and three from Simalur. It was founo! 

 "in large flocks upon the fields of paddy " on Simalur. 



