Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 79 



-^368. PrIONOCHILUS IGNICAPILLUS. 



Prionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. 

 p. 65. 



-/-~269. Prionochilus MACULATUs. 



Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 69 ; 

 Robinson, p. 215. 



The species of this genus were not nearly so common as 

 those of Dicmm, and were harder to get, as they seemed 

 to frequent loftier trees. 



"f^ 270. PiPRISOMA MODESTUM. 



Prionochilus modestus (Hume) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 32. 



Piprisoma modestum Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 

 p. 383 (1890). 



A single specimen was obtained among numerous others 

 of the family at Chong in December. It is probably not 

 uncommon in the State, as Dr. Abbott also obtained it, but 

 from its sombre and inconspicuous coloration it is very 

 liable to escape notice. The present locality is the most 

 southerly recorded for the species, which certainly does 

 not occur in that portion of the Malay Peninsula under 

 British influence. 



ZOSTEROPID^. 

 V- 271. ZOSTEROPS TAHANEN3IS. 



Zosterops tahanensis Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. No. exxvii. 

 p. 10 (1906); Robinson, p. 215. 



Very numerous at Chong on one particular tree, in 

 company with large numbers of Bulbuls, Flower-peckers, 

 and Sun-birds. 



The species was originally described by Mr. Grant from 

 a single specimen obtained on Gunong Tahan at an altitude 

 of about 5000 feet, but it has since been found at several 

 localities along the main range at lower elevations. 



Nine specimens before us differ from Z. aureiventer 

 Hume in the characters stated by Mr. Grant, while in 



