234 Journal of the F. M. S. Museums. [Vol. VI, 



DiCAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMA (Scop.) 



Dicaeum trigonostigma (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mm. X, p. 38 (1885). 



a—f. 5 Males, i Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th 

 November — 8th December 1915. [Nos. 2,118-g, 2,133-4, 

 2,137, 2,202.] 



" Male: iris dark, bill greenish slate, paler at the base of 

 the lower mandible, feet dark slaty green. Female: iris dark, 

 bill pale orange, ciilmen and tip horn brown, feet dark green 

 slate." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.] 



Common on flowering trees in open spaces near our 

 camp. 



Abundant everywhere in the Peninsula up to about 

 3,500 ft. 



Pkionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton). 



. Prionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. X, p. 65 (1885). 



a — b. 2 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 4th December, 

 1915. Nos. 2163-4. 



" Bill black, iris chestnut, feet slaty black, lower mandible 

 slate except at tip." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.] 



Not very common on Kedah Peak. Sparsely distributed 

 throughout the Peninsula, attaining about 3,000 ft. as its 

 maximum elevation. 



Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.). 



Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. X, p. 6g (1885). 



a. I Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 6th December, 

 1915. [No. 2,190.] 



b. I Male. Gurun, Kedah 50 ft. 13th December, 1915. 



[No. 2,252.] 



" Iris chestnut, bill slate, the culmen black, feet dark 

 greenish slate." (H.C.R. & C.B.K.) 



Not so common as others of the family but very generally 

 distributed over the whole length of the Peninsula, from 

 Bandon to Singapore. 



Prionochilus thoracicus (Temm.). 



Prionochilus thoracicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 X, p. 67 (1885) ; Ogilvie Grant, Jotirn. Fed. Malay States Mus. 

 iii, p. 19 (1909); Robinson, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Asiat. 

 Sac. No. 57, p. 14 (1911). 



a — c. 3 Male. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th November — 

 1st December, 1915. [Nos. 2,121, 2,135-6.] 



" Iris dark, bill black, feet greenish slate." [H.C.R. & 

 C.B.K.] 



