the District of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. 303 



65. DlCMVM TRIGONOSTIGMA. 



Certhia trig ono stigma, Scopoli^ Del. Fl. et Faun. Insubr. 

 ii. p. 91 (1786), ex Sonnerat, "Malacca.'' 



Dicceum croceoventre, Vigors, Mem. Raffles, p. 673, " Su- 

 matra" (1830). 



The Lampong individuals in no respect differ fromMalaccan. 



66. Prionochilus percussus. 



Pardalotus percussus, Temm. PI. Col. 394. f. 2, "Java"' 

 (1826) . 



Identical with Malaccan specimens. I have not been able 

 to compare it with typical examples. 



Q7. Chalcoparia phcenicotis. 



Motacilla singalensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 964 (1788). 



Nectarinia phcenicotis, Temm. PI. Col. 108. f. 1, 388. f. 2, 

 "Java, Sumatra'' (1824). 



A single specimen in immature plumage belongs to this 

 species. Now that the knowledge of the geographical range 

 of most species of birds has become so much more defined 

 and accurate, the time appears to have arrived when inap- 

 propriate and misleading geographical titles may be with 

 safety suppressed. This bird is certainly not found in Ceylon ; 

 nor does it occur on the Asiatic continent to the westward of 

 the Brahmaputra. I have therefore adopted Temminck's 

 title, which is next in priority. It is true that Count Salva- 

 dori (Ucc. Born. p. 180) makes Certhia rectirostris, Shaw, 

 apply to this species ; but that title, founded on plate Ixxv. 

 of Vieillot's ' Oiseaux Dores,' belongs to an African bird, 

 Cinnyris elegans, Vieillot (N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. 

 p. 506, 1819), which was also figured by Vieillot under the 

 same title some years later (Galerie des Ois. i. p. 292, 

 t. clxxviii.). 



68. Zosterops lateralis. 



Zoster ops lateralis, Temm. Mus. Lugd. ; Hartlaub, J. fiir 

 O. 1865, p. 15, " Java and Sumatra." 



Very near to continental Z. palpebrosus, but of a more 

 saturated green above, and with a longitudinal streak of bright 



