380 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



549. Anthreptes simplex frontalis (Blyth). 



Xectarinia frontalis, Blyth, Jouni. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xiv, 1845, 



p. 558 (Singapore). 

 Anthreptes xonthochlora, Hume, Stiay Feathers, iii, 1875, p. 319 



(Pabyin, near Mergui). 

 Anthreptes simplex, A., p. 188 (Pabyin to Malewoon) ; 0. i, p. 324 



(S. Tenasserin). 

 Anthothreptes simplex, F., p. 75 (Trang) ; Rob. it Kloss, Journ. 



F. M. S. Mus. viii, Pt. 2, 1918, p! 243 ; Hopwood, Journ. 



Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xxvi, 1919, p. 857 (S. Tenasserim). 



6 . Tung Prau, Takuatung P. Siam, 14 Feb. 1919 [No. 3995]. 

 c? . Tasan, Chmnporn, P. Siam, 20 March 1919 [No. 4714]. 



" Iris red or reddish ; bill black or greenish black ; feet oil or 

 olive green." 



Total length d , 118 ; 2 , 121 ; wing c? , 56 ; $ , 57 ; tail c? , 47 ; 

 2 , 49 ; tarsus c? , 18 ; 2,14; bill from gape d , 16 ; 2,16 mm. 



These are rather small birds. 



Comparison of the above Siamese specimens and a male from 

 Trang, with fourteen others from various parts of the Malay Penin- 

 sula southwards to Bukit Lantai in Negri Sembilan, reveals no 

 differences. AntJireptes xo nthocJdora Hume is, therefore, synony- 

 mous with iV. frontalis Blj^th. The Malay Peninsula birds, however, 

 differ from Sumatran specimens (12 examined), and from the figure 

 of the type from Gunong Singgalang, Padang, in having the under 

 surface paler and strongly washed with yellowish green, less clear 

 grey than in the Sumatran bird. 



Blyth's name will therefore have to stand for the continental 

 birds and for those of Borneo which are similar (15 specimens 

 examined). Males of this species are larger than females ; the wing 

 of the former often reaches 65 mm., that of the latter rarely exceeds 

 60 mm. 



550. Anthreptes malaccensis malaccensis (Scop.). 



Certhiob malaccensis, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., 1786, p. 



91 (Malacca). 

 Certhia lepida, Latham, Ind. Orn. i, 1790, p, 298 (India). 

 Anthreptes malaccensis. A., p. 186 (Shymotee to Sadyin) ; C. i, p. 



324 (Tenasserim) ; I., p. 34 (Hue Sai, near Koh Lak). 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miillor. Die Ornis der Inscl Salan^a, 1882. F. Kolnnson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oattss, Birds Brit. Burinah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. CS. Gairdiier, Journ. X. H. Soc. Siam. i. 1015. 



D. Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. M. Robinson, Joiu:ti. K. M. S. Museiuus, v, 1915. 



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