1920. J List of tlie Birds of Slam. 465 



Arachnothera affinis modesta Eyton. 



Anthreptes modesta ^jion, P. Z. S. Loncl 1839, p. 105 : 

 Malacca. 



A southern form recorded as being rather scarce in Trang. 

 Specimens have also been collected at Kao Nawng, Biikit 

 Besar, and Nawngchik, places all situated in peninsular Siam. 



Arachnothera chrysogenys Temm. 



Nectarinia chri/sogeni/s Temminck, Planches Col. Nr. 388, 

 fig. 1, 1826 : Java. 



A southern form recorded from the same localities as the 

 lust species. 



Arachnothera flavigaster Eyton. 



Anthreptes Jiavigaster Eyton, P. Z. S. Lond. 1839, p. 105 : 

 Malacca. 



Obtained at Chong (Trang) and on the island of Puket. 



Family Dic^iD^. 



Dicaeum cruentatum siamensis Kloss. 



Dica'um cnientatvm siamensis Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 216 : 

 Lat Bua Kao, E. Siam. 



Recently described from specimens from eastern Siam, 

 but this form, if distinct, probably inhabits Siam proper. 



Dicaeum cruentatum ignita Begbie. 



Nectarinia ignita Begbie, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (I) 

 xvii. 1846, p. 408 : Malacca. 



Recorded from the islands of Terutan and Puket. 



Dicaeum trigonostigma Scop. 



Certlda trigonostigma Scopoli, Del. Florae et Faunae Insubr. 

 ii. 1786, p. 91 : China. 



Hitherto only obtained in peninsular Siam, where specimens 

 have been collected at Trang, Biserat, Jalor, and in the 

 province of Baudon. Also obtained on Terutau and Puket. 



Dicaeum chrysorrhaeum Temm. 



JJiaeum clirysorrlueum Temminck, Planches Col. Nr. 478, 

 1829 : Java. 



Apparently distributed throughout the whole country. 



