440 MR. R B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [^IflJ 3, 



along the inner edge. Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 

 2-6, tail 2-0, tarsus 0-8.5. 



Stachyris nigriceps, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 532 



(lNb3). 



"No. 56. c? . Irides brown." 



Apparently identical with Himalayan specimens. 



Cyanodekma chrys^a (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. 

 vi. p. 176 (1884). 



Stacht/ridojjsis chryscBn (Hodgs.); Sharpe, Cat, B. vii. p. 601. 

 " No. 35. Irides brown. Male and female similar." 

 The specimen sent seems tome to be inseparable from S. chryscea. 

 It is a trifle less distinctly streaked on the head, showing an 

 approach to S. assimilis ; but it has the brilliant throat of S. chryscea. 



Phyllergates cucullatus (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. 

 p. 229 (1883). 



" No. 50. S • Irides light brown. Only seen in dense jungle." 

 Identical with Javan specimens. 



SuTORiA MACULicoLLis (Moore) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 218 



(1883). 



" No. 51. $ . Irides light brown. Shot in a clearing at 3300 

 feet." 



Ptertjthius ^ralatus, Tickell ; Hume and Davison, Str. F. vi. 

 p. 36S (IS/M). 



"No. 34. c? . Irides brown. This bird is fairly common on 

 the hifiher parts of the hills." 



Slightly smaller than the typical P. ceralatus (wing 3"1), but not 

 specifically separable. P. cameranoi, of Salvadori {t. c. p. 232), is 

 undoubtedly the same. 



.^THOPYGA wrayi, i-p. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.) 



"No. 41. J. Irides dark brown. This Honey-sucker is very 

 plentiful in the jungle, on the tops of the hills, and in the clciirings. 

 I have not observed it lower than 3000 feet. There is another 

 species of Honey-sucker, but I was not able to get a s])ecimen of it." 



This species is the Malayan representative of ^thopyga savgni- 

 nipectus, from which it may be distinguished by ils black, non- 

 metallic throat and fore neck. 



Adult mate. General colour aliove dark crimson on the mantle 

 and back ; scapulars black ; on the rump a patch of sulphur-yellow ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, "a little browner 

 on the edge of the latter; upper tail-coverts metallic violet-blue; 

 tail-feathers black, the long centre ones externally metallic violet- 

 blue ; crown of head metallic violet-blue, with a purple reflexion ; 

 lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts black ; cheeks metallic blue, 

 forming a moustachial streak ; throat, fore neck, and chest velvety 



