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violet moustachial streak bordered below with black which is not the 

 case with Ae. cara. The receipt of additional specimens enables me 

 to state that the bird met with in Penang is Ae. siparaja, while that 

 from Langkawi, Trang and Koh Samui is Ae. cara, the birds found in 

 the Butang Archipelago are in intermediate. 



Two male specimens were obtained on Koh Samui, where it was 

 not very abundant. 



" Iris dark hazel, bill black, lower mandible brownish, feet 

 brownish black, soles whitish." 



69. CYRTOSTOMUS PLAMMAXILLARIS. 



Chiiiyris Jiammaxillaris (Blyth) ; Gadovv, tom. cit., p. 77. 



Gyrtostomus JiainmaxiUaris, Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p, 77. 



Common among flowering shrubs on the shores of botli islands. 



" Male, iris hazel, bill and feet blackish, soles greenish yellow." 



70. LEPTOCOMA HASSELTI. 

 Cinnyris hasseUi (Temm.) ; Gadow, tom. cit., p. 67 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 77. 



One male from Koh Pennan. 



71. ANTHOTHREPTES MALACCENSIS. 



Anthothreptes malaccensis (Scop.) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 ix, p. 122 (1884) ; Robinson and Kloss, torn, cit., p. 76. 



Everywhere, where there were coconut trees. 



DIC^ID.^. 

 72. DICTUM CRUENTATUM. 

 Dicmum cruentatum. (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 

 p. 15 (1885) ; Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 78. 



Common on the coast of both islands. 



