Collection of Sumatran Birds. 253 



No. 394, S- Batoc Pantjeh, July 8, 1881. In stomach 

 small insects. On cocoanut-palms. 



No. 395 a, ^ ■ Batoc Pantjeh, July 9, 1881. Bill black ; 

 legs bluish green ; feet and soles orange. 



67. Arachnothera modesta (Eyton) ; Salvadori, t. c. 

 p. 214. 



No. 408, ? . Near Sveka Radja, 300 feet, Oct. 14, 1881. 

 Irides reddish brown ; upper mandible black, lower whitish 

 grey ; legs and feet pale yellow. Feeds on insects and seeds 

 of Scitaminea, and in the stomach was also a waxy substance. 

 Flits about on the ground and feeds much on these Scita- 

 minea and terrestrial flowers, and seems to be the agent of 

 the cross fertilization. 



68. ZosTEROPs CHLORATES, Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 23 (ex 

 S. Muller, MS.). 



Nos. 378 ; 378 b, ^ ; 378 a, c, </, E, ? . Mount Dempo, 

 May 1, 1881. Irides pale grey ; bill black ; legs dirty slate- 

 blue. Much pollen under chin. Feeding on flowers of 

 Encacea (Herbarium, No. 2371). 



Count Salvadori has already pointed out the mistake of 

 Dr. Hartlaub in referring to the habitat of this species as 

 Moretai Island, instead of Sumatra (Orn. Papuasia, p. 23). 



69. ZosTEROPs AURivENTER, Humc ; Nicliolsou, Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 152. 



No. 358 b. Near Paoe, foot of Mount Dempo, 3200 feet. 

 May 15, 1881. Irides grey; bill black; legs and feet dirty 

 slate- blue. 



This is a race of Z. palpebrosa, which it replaces from Ta- 

 boy, in Tenasserim, through the Malayan peninsula and the 

 Indo-Malayan islands. It is represented in the Philippines 

 by a deeper-coloured form, Z. everetti, Tweedd. 



70. Calobates melanope (Pall.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 236. 

 No. 371 d, ? . Tandjong Djate, Lake Ranau, 1700 feet, 



Feb. 15, 1881. Irides dark brown ; upper mandible black, 

 lower one light yellow, black at the tip ; legs and feet flesh- 

 colour. < 



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