70 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



Parid^. 



y- 235. Melanochlora flavocristata. 



Melanochlora flavocristata (Lafr.) ; Hellmayr, Tierreich, 

 Paridfe, p. 31 (1903) ; Robinson, p. 210. 



Melanochlora sultanea (part.) Gadow, Cat, Birds Brit. 

 Mus. \iii. p. 6 (1883). 



Mr. Hellmayr regards the Malayan form of the Sultan 

 Tit as snbspecifically distinct from the Himalayan and 

 Burmese bird M. sultanea under the above given name, on 

 account of its smaller size. He gives the wing as 100- 

 107 mm., as against 110-115 mm. in the northern bird. 



Five males from various parts of the Malay Peninsula 

 measure from 98*5-104*5 mm. in the wing, as against an 

 average of 112 mm. in a similar number of birds from 

 Sikkim. 



The species was rather scarce in Trang, and we only got 

 three or four specimens. Elsewhere in the Peninsula it is 

 widely distributed, chiefly in the foot-hills and up to about 

 3000 feet. It flies in small flocks in the jungle or at the 

 edge of jungle clearings. 



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^T 236. Dendrophila saturatior. 



Sitta frontalis saturatior Hartert, Nov, Zool. ix. p. 573 

 (1902). 



I)endroi>hila saturatior Robinson, p, 210. 



This species occurs in Trang, whence we have a male 

 obtained by Dr. Abbott and another fi-om Lam-ra secured 

 by our own men on January 26th, 1910. 



Dr, Al)bott's specimen is very pale beneath, almost 

 matching true D. frontalis in this respect, but specimens from 

 Bankasoon in the extreme south of Tenasserim are almost 

 as dark as some of the darker Malayan specimens. 



We have compared a series of about sixteen Peninsular 

 specimens with the types of the species from Java and with 

 other skins from the Himalayas, Central and Southern India, 



