BIRDS FROM SIAM AiSTD THE MALAY PENINSULA 503 



It occurs all over Siam proper and Peninsular Siam. In the 

 Andaman Islands a paler form with a longer bill occurs {C. /. anda- 

 manicus). 



CYRTOSTOMUS FLAMMAXILLARIS HELIOBLETUS (Oberholser) 



Cinnyris ornatn heliobleta Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Scl., vol. 13, 

 p. 230, 1923 (Tanjong Dungun, Trengganu). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected one adult male (type), Tanjong Dungun, 

 Trengganu, September 21, 1900; one immature male, Dungun 

 River, Trengganu, September 20, 1900; one immature male, Kemamun 

 River, Trengganu, October 2, 1900; one immature male, Tanjong 

 Kalong, Singapore, October 21, 1899. 



The type of this form is more yellowish citrine above than C.J.fiam- 

 maxillaris; the brown pectoral band is reduced; and the pectoral tufts 

 are smaller and much lighter, but there is no doubt that if recognized 

 at all it is a race of this species. It lacks the metallic steely-blue 

 forehead of C. ornatus and has the brown (though reduced) pectoral 

 band of C. flammaxUlaris; the upperparts are yellowish citrine, not 

 olive lake as in C. ornatus. 



If this race is to be recognized at all, I believe it must be confined 

 to the Malay States. 



ANTHREPTES MACULARIA MACULARIA BIyth 



Anthreptes macularia Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 11, p. 106, 1842 



(Malacca). 

 Anlhreptes nuchalis Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, p. 980, 1843 



(Singapore). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected one male on the Dindings, Straits of 

 Malacca, April 21, 1900; two males and two females, Tanjong Laboha, 

 Trengganu, September 28 and 29, 1900; and one female, Rumpin 

 River, Pahang, May 27, 1902. 



This series when compared with a small series from Borneo is more 

 greenish above and lighter yellow below, I have examined only one 

 female from Sumatra; it resembles the Bornean form, but I have no 

 ■doubt that upon examination of an adequate series from Sumatra the 

 two will be found to be different. 



It does not seem to be a common bird in Peninsular Siam. Ogilvie- 

 Grant " reports it from Patani; Robinson and Kloss from Trang"; 

 Junkseylon (Puket)^®; Kao Nawng, Bandon*^; and Kao Ram, 1,200 

 feet, Nakon Sritamarat.^^ De Schauensee *' records taking a female 

 at Chicngsen. This seems a considerable extension of range, if cor- 

 rectly determined. 



" Fasciculi Malayenses, pt. 3, p. 73, 1905. 



<» Ibis, p. 76, 1911. 



" Joura. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 118, 1919. 



" Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 110, 1915. 



<» Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 11, p. 63, 1923. 



" Proe. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 564, 1930. 



