76 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



This plain-coloured Sun-bird is a decidedly rare species in 

 the Malay Peninsula, bvit is sparingly distributed from the 

 northern border south to Klang in Selangor. It does not 

 appear to have been obtained up to the present in Johor, 

 and the Hume collection contains no specimens from that 

 State. It is met with usually in pairs, and not in open 

 country like its congener A. malaccensis. 



The type of ^1. xanthochlorn from Tenasserim is a rather 

 small female, with the upper surface strongly tinged with 

 yellow. It can, however, be matched by specimens from 

 other parts of the range of A. simplex, and is probably an 

 immature bird. 



-t" 254. Anthothreptes hypogrammica. 



Anthothreptes hypoyrammica (S. Mlill.) ; Gadow, torn, 

 cit. p. 112 ; Robinson, p. 213. 



Scarce in Trang, where it is approaching its northern 

 limit, but widely distributed tliroughout the Peninsula. 



~l~255. Anthothreptes rhodol^ema Shelley. 



Anthothreptes rhodolama Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 313, 

 pi. 101. fig. 1 (1878). 



Anthothreptes malaccensis (partim) Gadow, torn. cit. 

 p. 123. 



This species, which is very different from the commoner 

 A. malaccensis and at once distinguishable by the darker 

 olive-green colour of the belly and the reddish ear-coverts, 

 was exceedingly abundant at Chong, feeding in large 

 numbers on trees in flower in the park. 



It appears to be commoner in the northern districts, 

 but is found sparingly throughout the Peninsula, south to 

 Singapore, and wliereas A. malaccetisis is always found 

 either near the sea or on cocoanut palms, the present form 

 is met with further up country, and always in jungle or 

 forest land. 



'T 256. Anthothreptes malaccensis. 



Anthothreptes malaccensis (Scop.) ; Gadow, torn. cit. 



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Abundant in the cocoanut-grovcs of the Langkawi group. 



