504 Lieut. H. R. Kelham on 



CiNNYRIS HASSELTI. 



Certaiuly rare^ as I never saw it in any of the Malaccan or 

 Singapore collections, and only once got it myself, viz, in 

 January 1877, near Kwala Kangsar, Perak. Mine was a 

 male, a perfect marvel of rich metallic colouring. 



Dr. Stoliczka mentions having obtained this Honey-sucker 

 in Province Wellesley and Penang. 



I know Penang Hill to be a particularly good locality for 

 collecting Cinnyridse, and expect that this species is more 

 plentiful there than anywhere else in the Strait, though, 

 having stayed but a few days on the island, I cannot speak 

 from personal experience. 



Anthreptes malaccensis (Scop.). 



Common in the gardens of Singapore ; also, like the other 

 Honey-suckers, partial to cocoa-nut groves, where insects are 

 abundant. At Singapore it was very plentiful in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the barracks; but I also got specimens in all the 

 western States of the peninsula. 



They flit about the trees, searching among the clusters of 

 nuts for insects. 



Anthreptes simplex. 



My specimens are all from Malacca. 



Anthreptes hypogrammica, Miill. 

 All mine are Malaccan. 



Chalcoparia singalensis (Gm.). 



Very common in Malaccan collections ; but personally I 

 shot very few specimens. 



Ctnnyris pectoralis, Horsf. 



Fairly plentiful throughout the Straits. I frequently shot 

 specimens on the island of Singapore, also got several from 

 Malacca. The following notes are from my book : — 



"Tanglin, Singapore, 18th April 1879. Just in front and 

 within ten yards of the verandah running round our quarters, 

 a pair of Honey-suckers have built their nest, a long bottle- 

 shaped structure of moss, cobweb, and other soft materials, 

 suspended from the end of a branch quite thirty feet from the 



