250 



quills dusky blackish, edged externally with slaty blue, lighter on the outer 

 webs of the secondaries ; tail feathers blackish, washed on the outer web with 

 slaty blue ; head like the back, more dusky on the forehead and lores ; a longi- 

 tudinal patch of scarlet in the centre of the crown ; ear coverts and sides 

 of the face slaty blue like the crown ; cheeks white, tinged with yellow 

 posteriorly and separated from the "throat by a moustachial line of 

 slaty grey skirting the rami of the lower jaw ; throat and under surface of the 

 body bright yellow, paler towards the abdomen ; a central patch of scarlet 

 vermilion in the centre of the foreneck and chest ; sides of upper breast slaty 

 blue ; under tail coverts white, also the axillaries and under wing coverts. 

 (Sharpe.) " Bill black, slaty beneath ; legs dark leaden ; iris reddish 

 brown." ( Wardlaw-Ramsay.) 



The female is described by Mr. Sharpe as dull olive greenish above, clearer 

 olive on the lower back, rump and upper tail coverts ; greater coverts, quills 

 and tail dusky brown, washed externally with a little brighter olive green than 

 the back ; centre of crown with a patch of dull orange ; lores and eyelids 

 ashy whitish; a small cheek stripe of greyish white, followed by a distinct 

 malar stripe of dull ashy ; throat pale yellow, whiter towards the chin ; centre 

 of breast and abdomen yellow, with a tinge of orange on the chest. 



Length. -$ to 3-5 inches; wing 2 to 2*1 ; tail 0-95 to T2 ; tarsus 0*5$; 

 culmen 0-4 to 0*45. 



Hab. Southern Tenasserim, down the Malay Peninsula to Malacca, Sumatra 

 and Borneo. P. tkoractca, a species found in the Malay Peninsula, is likely to 

 be found in Tenasserim. 



759. Prionochilus maculatus (Tem.\ SincM., P. z. S. 1841, 



p. 29; Wald, Ibis, 1872, p. 379 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 104; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 43 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. 1878, p. 199; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, PP- 

 59, 90 ; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 340 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. x. 

 p. 69. Pardalotus maculatus, Tern., pi. col. iii. pi. 600, fig. 3. Prionochilus 

 thoracicus, $ , Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc, p. 227 ; Bp., Consp. Av. i. 

 p. 335. The WHITE-THROATED FLOWER-PECKER. 



Adult. (Type of species.) General colour above uniform olivaceous, the 

 lesser and median wing coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills dusky 

 brown, edged externally with olive ; tail dusky brown, the feathers edged with 

 Olive ; head like the back, with an orange patch on the centre of the crown, the 

 feathers tipped with tiny olive spots ; lores obscure whitish ashy; sides of the 

 face olive like the crown ; cheeks dull white, washed with olive behind ; a 

 broad moustachial streak of dusky olive continuous with the striping of the rest 

 of the under parts ; centre of the throat, breast, abdomen and under tail coverts 

 yellow, paler towards the chin ; flanks washed with olive, and having broad 

 longitudinal streaks of dusky olive very distinct on the sides of the foreneck 

 and breast; under wing coverts and axillaries white with a faint wash of 



