496 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Family NECTARINIIDAE: Sunbirds 



CHALCOSTETHA CALCOSTETHA CALCOSTETHA (Jardine) 



Nectarinia calcosteiha Jardine, The natural historj' of the Nectariniadae, p. 263, 

 1843 (East India Islands: Java). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected five males and three females, Singapore 

 Island, May 18-28, 1899, October 15, 19, 1899, March 4, 1900; one 

 male and two females, Tandjong Laboha, Trengganu, September 30, 

 1900; one male, Kemamun, Trengganu, October 1, 1900; and one male, 

 Pulo Terutau, Peninsular Siam, November 9, 1903. 



This sunbird has been taken in Siam only at Junkseylon, Trang, 

 and Pulo Terutau. Robinson ^° gives the range as Malay Peninsula 

 from Singapore north to southern Tenasserim, south and central Siam, 

 Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. For some reason this bird appears 

 uncommon north of the Malay States. It seems to be an inhabitant 

 of small islands rather than the mainland. 



AETHOPYGA SIPARAJA SIPARAJA (Rames) 



Cerlhia siparaja Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, p. 299, 1822 

 (Sumatra). 



Two males, Bangnara, Patani, July 13, 18, 1926. 



Dr. W. L. Abbot collected three adult males, one immature male, 

 and three females on Singapore Island, May 12-25, 1899; one adult 

 male, Kemamun, Trengganu, October 1, 1900. 



This form ranges from Sumatra and the Rhio Archipelago north 

 through the Malay States to Patani. 



Robinson and Kloss ^' say that the northernmost examples they 

 possess, belonging undoubtedly to it, come from Penang, but that 

 it may occur in Patani. Their supposition is correct, and the two 

 males collected there by Dr. Smith agree with males from Singapore. 



The form differs from the next {A. s. cara) in having the breast 

 fuscous or blackish. 



AETHOPYGA SIPARAJA CARA Hume 



Aethopyga cara Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 2, p. 473, 1874 (south of Moulmeln, 

 Tenasserim). 



Eight males, Koh Chang, January 9-15, 1926; one male and one 

 female, Koh Kut, May 21, 22, 1929; two males and two females, 

 Kao Seming, Krat, October 10-15, 1928; two males, Kao Sabap, 

 Januarj'- 5, 9, 1930; four males and one female, Nong Khor, near 

 Sriracha, November 19, 1924, September 27-October 1, 1925; one 

 immature male, Lat Bua Kao, August 6, 1929; two males, Hupbon, 

 November 3, 5, 1931; two males, Sikeu, near Korat, February 16, 

 1926; one female. Lam Klong Lang, near Pak Chong, June 4, 1925; 



»» The birds of the Malay Peninsula, vol. 1, p. 299, 1927. 

 « Journ. Nat. Dist. Boc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 373, 1924. 



