1919-] from South Annani and Cochin China. 623 



Males. T. L. 203, 195 ; W. 94, 86 ; bill from gape 45-5, 

 45"5 mm. 



Females. T. L. 177, 172, 180, ]80, 172 ; W. 80, 76, 84, 

 83, 79 ; bill from -ape 39-5, 40, 41'5, 42, 41-5 mm. 



Compared with a Darjiling specimen, which is typical 

 A. magna, these specimens differ in being much less striped 

 above, therein agreeing with A. m. aurata Blytl), from 

 Pegu. 



231. Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.). 



1 S ■ Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 16 March, 1918. 



1 S ■ l>i-an, 6000 ft., S. Annam. 11 iMay, 1918. 



'•Iris brown; maxilla black; mandible, tip black, base 

 plumbeous ; feet cobalt-blue or dark plumbeous." 



T. L. 163, 163; W. 63, 66 : bill from gape — , 37 mm. 



Differs in no way from Malayan specimens. Much duller 

 below than the Javan and Bornean birds {A. I. jjrillwitzi 

 Hartert and ^1. /. biittikoferi Van Oort). 



232. Dicseum minullum olivaceum (Wald.). 



Dicceum olivaceum Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 

 XV. 1!575, p. 101. 



Dicaeum minullum Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. 1910, p. 243. 



Dicceum inornatum Oustalet, p. 15. 



3 (?, 2 ? . Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 20-27 March, 

 1918. 



"Iris (lark ; maxilla blackish; mandible deep i)luinbeous, 

 tip black; feet l)lack. Young birds, bill largely yellow. 



Males. T. L. 86, 85, 80 (imm.) ; W. 46, 47, 44 mm. 



Females. T. L. 81, 78 (imm.) ; W. 44, 43 mm. 



Though these birds average greyer and less ochreous than 

 those from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula they can be 

 matched by one from the former locality. The Hainan race 

 I), m. minullum Swiiihoe is said to be more greenish than 

 the mainland bird. 



233. Dicaeum ignipectns (Hodgs.). 



3 (J, 1 ? . Langbian Peaks, 5500-7500 ft., S. Annam. 

 17-27 April, 1918. 



