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•2.«. AliACIISOTIIEn.l MODESTA-THE DILI. SPIDER HFXTER. 



Arachuothera modesta (Eytou) ; Gadoiv, t.c, p. 107 ; Hartert, 

 p. 57-i; Grant (1), p. 72. 



Scmaiigko Pass, 2,700 ft. November, 1900. A. L. Butler [c]. 



Common in the low countrv, but evidently rare on the hills. 



2K. ARACIIXOTIIERA J/.IG.V.I-THE STREAKED SPIDER HUXTER. 



Arachnothera magna (Hodgs.) ; Gadoiv, t.c, p. 105 ; Sharpe (2), 

 p. 441 ; ButJer, p. 21 ; Grant (1), p. 73; id (2), p. 19. 



Common on all the high hills of the Peninsula above 3,000 ft. 

 as far south as Guuoug Ulu Kali. 



2:17. ARACIIXOTIIEKA CUASSIROSTEIS-'mY. THICK-IULLED SPIDER 



HUNTER. 



Arachnothera crassirostris (Reichenb.) ; Gadoir, t.c, ]i. 102 ; 

 Bonhote, p. 64; Grant (1), p. 72. 



A male was collected at Tel6m, 3,500 ft. 1st December, 1908. 



Widely distributed throughout the Peninsula, but decidedly rare. 



DICMIDM. 



238. mC.EUM TRTGOXOSTIGMA-THVl ORANGE-BILLED PLOWER- 



PECKER, 



Dicseum trigonostigma (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns., x., 

 p. 38 (1885) : Bonhote, p. 65; Hartert, p. 575; Grant (1), p. 75; id. 

 (2), p. 20. 



(J?, Ginting Bidei, Sclangor, 2,300 ft. May, 1908. 



The upper limit, from which this species has been recorded, is about 

 3,300 ft. In orchard laud and low country secondary growth, it is 

 common. 



23.0. mC.EUJf IGXIPECTU/i-THE FIRE-BREASTED FLOWER-PECKER. 



Dicaeum ignipectus (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, t.c, p. 41 ; Sharpe (2), 

 p. 441 ; Bonhote, p. 65 ; BNfhr,p. 22 ; HarteH, p. 575 ; Grant (1), p. 75 ; 

 id. (2), p. 20. 



Met with on nearly all the moimtains of the Peninsula, but not 

 particularly common on any of them and not found lx.'low about 

 3,500 ft. 



2K). PRIOXOCIIILUS T/IORAC/CiS- THE Sf'ARLET THROATED FLOWER- 

 PECKER. 



Prionochilus thoracicus CTemm.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 67; Grant (2), 

 p. 19. 



The three sj»ecimens collected on Gunong Tahan appear to loe the 

 only record of the species from the Peninsula in recent years. It is, 

 however, said to occur in " Malacca." 



