74 Messrs. RobinsoD and Kloss o« Birds from the 



during the winter months. It may be of interest to record 

 that on December 25th and 26th, 1908, the species occurred 

 literally in thousands on the summit of the Larut Hills, 

 Perak, at an elevation of 4500 feet, after wind and heavy 

 rain. On the 26th not a single bird remained. 



"T*" 248. Anthus malayensis. 



Anthus malayensis Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 104. 



Anthus rufulus (part.) , Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 574. 



The Malayan Pipit, as everywhere else in the Peninsula, 

 was abundant on the rice-fields and other open spaces in 

 Trang. 



-^ 249. Anthus maculatus. 



Anthus maculatus Hodgs. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 547 ; 

 Butler, Journ. Straits Branch Koy. Asiat. Soc. xxxii, p. 21 

 (1899); Robinson, p. 212. 



Our men obtained two specimens of the Indian Tree- 

 Pipit in low jungle near Chong in December 1909. With 

 the exception of the specimens recorded by Butler (Joe. cit.) 

 from the Larut Hills in Perak, the species has not hitherto 

 been obtained in the Malay Peninsula. 



NeCTARINIIDjE. 



:^ 250. ^thopyga siparaja. 



yEthupyga siparaja (Raffles) ; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. ix. p. 21 (1884). 



^. Chong, Trang, N. Malay Peninsula, Dec. 1909. 



c^ . Lamra, ,, „ „ Jan. 1910. 



This Sun-bird is sparingly distributed throughout the 

 Peninsula at low elevations from the Tenasserim border to 

 Singapore. It is most common in the vicinity of the coast 

 and on the small islands, especially at Singapore and Penang. 

 Further in the interior, and at elevations up to about 3000 

 or 4000 feet, its place is taken by the succeeding species. 



The specimens enumerated above, and indeed all those in 

 the British Museum from the northern portion of the Penin- 

 sula, are not typical ^'. siparaja, but shew a marked approach 

 to y£^. cara (Hume, ' Stray Feathers,' ii. p. 473^ 1874) in 



