378 DICiEIDjE. 



blackish horny ; base of upper mandible reddish brown ; lower 

 mandible (except the tip) and gape pale orange-brown to orange- 

 vermilion ; iris grey to dark brown {Hume Sf Davison). 



Length 3-6 ; tail 1 ; wing 1*9 ; tarsus -5 ; bill from gape -55. 



Distribution. Burma. Wardlaw Bamsay obtained this species 

 in the Karen hills east of Toungngoo at 3000 feet elevation, and I 

 procured it near the town of Pegu. Davison observed it in 

 Tenasserim from Moulmein southwards to Bankasun. It extends 

 to Cochin China and the Malay peninsula. 



914. Dicaeum chrysorrhceum. The Yellow-vented Floiver-pecker. 



Dicseum chrysorrhceum, Temm. PL Col. pi. 478, f. 1 (1829) ; Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 227 ; Horsf. # M. Cat, ii, p. 751 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 374 ; Wold. 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 380 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 156 ; 

 Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, p. 195 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., A ves, p. 663 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 237 ; Bingham, 8. F. ix, p. 170 ; Oates, S. F. x, 

 p. 198 ; id. B. B. i, p. 335 ; Sharpe, Cat, B. M. x, p. 44 ; Hume, 

 S. F. xi, p. 84. 



Dicaeum chrysochlore, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xii, p. 1009 (1843). 



Coloration. Upper plumage and lesser wing-coverts yellowish 

 green, brighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail blackish ; 

 greater wing-coverts dark brown on the inner webs and yellowish 

 green on the outer ; quills blackish brown, the secondaries and 

 tertiaries broadly edged with yellowish green, the primaries very 

 narrowly with whitish ; sides of the head and neck yellowish green ; 

 cheeks, chin, and throat white, with a greenish-brown mandibular 

 streak below the cheeks ; lower plumage whitish, streaked with 

 greenish brown ; under tail-coverts golden yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white. 



Iris orange-red ; eyelids pinkish ; upper mandible and tip of the 

 lower black ; remainder of bill pale plumbeous ; legs dark plum- 

 beous ; claws dark born ; mouth flesh-colour. 



Length 4 ; tail 1*2 ; wing 2-3 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from gape *5. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhiin ; Naga hills, Tipperah, Manipur ; 

 the whole of Burma to the extreme south. The Nepal habitat is 

 somewhat doubtful, for although Hodgson's specimens are said to 

 have come from that country, they may nevertheless have been 

 obtained in Sikhim. This species extends down the Malay penin- 

 sula to the islands. 



915. Dicaeum ignipectus. The Fire-breasted Flower-pecker. 



Myzanthe ignipectus, Hodgs. Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xii, p. 983 (1843) ; 

 Blyth, Cat, p. 227 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 751 ; Jerd, B. I. i, 

 p. 377 ; Stol. J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 24 ; Hume, N. $• E. p. 159 ; 

 Hume # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 200 ; Hume, Cat, no. 241 ; Scully, 

 S. F. viii, p. 261 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 337 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 85. 



Dicoeum ignipectus {Hodgs.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x, p. 41 ; Oates in 

 Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 272. 



Sangti-pro-pho, Lepch. 



