THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 381 



Anthothreptes malaccensis, B., p. 23 (Junk Seylon) ; D., p. 65 

 (Patani) ; E., p. 73 (Patani) ; F., p. 76 (Langkawi) ; H., p. 152 

 (Koh Samui and Koh Pennan) ; J., p. 191 (Terutau and Telib- 

 on Is.) ; L., p. 119 (Pulo Panjang) ; M., p. 414 (Bangkok and 

 Meklong); Salvad., Ann and Mus. Civ. Geu. (2) vii, 1889, p. 

 435 (Malewoon). 

 6 imm. Koh Pipidon, P. Siam, 4 Feb. 1919 [No. 8933]. 



2 6 ad., 2 9 . Tung Pran, Takuatung, P. Siam, 12-13 Feb. 

 1919 [Nos. 3961, 3963, 3966, 3973]. 



3 c? ad., 6 imm. Koh Pra Tung, Takuapa Inlet, P. Siam, 

 17-18 Feb. 1919 [Nos. 4087, 4096-8]. 



6 ad. Victoria Point, S. Tenasserim, 24 Feb. 1919 [No. 41 88]. 



Adults " Iris chocolate or reddish brown ; bill black, feet sage 

 green, soles yellow". 



Total length d , 139, 138, 132, 130, 132, 137 ; $ , 128, 53, 53 ; 

 2 , 48, 48; tarsus 6 , 18, 16, 17, 16, 17, 17 ; $ , 15.5, 17 ; bill from 

 gape d , 20, 20, 20, 19, 21, 22 ; $ , 29, 29 mm. 



We did not meet with this species north of Victoria Point, 

 but have no doubt that it occurs throughout the Peninsula north to 

 Bangkok wherever there are suitable localities ( i. e., coconut palm 

 groves). Count Gyldenstolpe records it from "hill forests" on the Siam- 

 Tenasserim boundary, near Hue Sai, but as he did not apparently 

 secure specimens the record is open to doubt. Possibly the species 

 was A. rhodolaema (I., p. 34). 



Variation in this Sunbird is generally shown in the female : 

 the present examples, and others from Peninsular Siam, are duller 

 and greyer than topotypical birds from Selangor and Johore, but we 

 do not care at present to recognise a northern form. 



551. Anthreptes rhodolaema Shelley. 



Anthreptes rhodolaema, Shelley, Monogr. Nectariniidae, 1878, p. 313, 



pi. 101, fig. 1 (Malacca). 

 Anthothreptes rhodolaema, P., p. 76 (Trang) ; Salvad., Ann. & Mus. 



Civ. Gen. (2) vii, 1889, p. 435 Malewoon). 



We have only once come across this species in any abundance 

 and this was at Chong, in the interior of the state of Trang; we 



I. Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soe. Siam, iii. 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (fli'st and second parts). 



J. Bobinson. Journ. F.M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. M. I. Baker, op. clt., iv, 1920 (third part). 



K. Kloss, Ibis, 1918. M» 2. Baker, Fauna Brit. Tnd., Birds, i, 192'2. 

 L. Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N.H. Soe. Siam, 



iii, 1919. 



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