XXVII. ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF FLOWER 



PECKERS (DICAEIDAE) FROM THE 



MALAY REGION. 



By II. C. Robinson, M.B.O.U. \m> C. B. Kloss, M.B.O.U. 



PlPRISOMA SORDIDUM, sp. nov. 



Differs from /'. modestum (Hume), of the Mala} Peninsula, 

 Tenasserim and Siam in the absence of streaks on the undei 

 surface and of white on the tail, from /'. obsoletus (Mull, ami 

 Schleg.), of Timor and Flores in the latter character ami in 

 the duller undersurface, from /'. everetti (Sharpe), of North 

 Borm o and Labuan in the darker underparts and from /'. oliv- 

 ucfu\ (Tweed.), of the Philippines in the duller upper surface. 



Type:— Adult male, collected on 14th July, 1913, at 

 Rawang, Central Selangor. F.M.S. No. 101/18. 



Above dull brown, the feathers of the head with darker 

 centres, the edges of the primaries, secondaries, upper tail- 

 coverts and tail-feathers edged with olivaceous green, broader 

 and greener on the inner secondaries. Beneath dull fuscous, 

 chin and throat and the centre of the belly, whitish; under 

 tail coverts whitish with greyish centres. Under wing coverts 

 and axillaries, greyish, with dark centres to the former: sides 

 of the face and lores greyish brown, malar region somewhat 

 darker. Tail feathers with no traces of white. 



Dimensions (in skin): -Wing, 60; tail, .5.5: tarsus, 13.5; 

 bill from gape, 11 mm. 



Remarks : — This bird is probably only a subspecies of 

 P. everetti, Sharpe, Ibis 1877, p. 16; id. P.Z.S. 1879, p. .-543, 

 PI. XXX. lig. 1. from which it differs in its very much darker 

 colour beneath. 



DlCAEUM VAN HEYSTI, sp. nov. 



Nearest 10 D. ignipectus (Hodgs.), of the Himalayan 

 countries and the mountains of the Malay Peninsula but 

 entirely lacking any red in the plumage or ;m\ bla< k abdomi- 

 nal patch, which charactei also separates it from D. beccarii, 

 of \V. Sumatra. 



Type: — Male (vix idult), from Beras tagi, Mountains of 

 NE. Sumatra, collected on 10th June, 1017, by A. 1). van 

 Heyst. Collector's No. 517. 



Above like D. ignipectus, but the metallic colouring with a 

 more greenish east. Below, throat and uppei breast almost 

 pur.- white, flanks and side -1 tip brea 1 dusky, slightly tinged 



