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p. 600) expresspd his non-concurrence in the views of Capt. Ward- 

 law Ramsay and myself that Pterythrius cameranoi of Sumatra is 

 identical with P. eeralatus of Tickell. The male of P. cameranoi is 

 said by him to want the rosy tinge on the flanks which is present in 

 Tenasserim specimens, which are also larger ; while the female of 

 P. cameranoi differs from that of P. eeralatus in the grey of the head 

 being less pure, the back more olivaceous, and in the rufous colour 

 of the underparts being brighter and more extended towards the 

 throat. I therefore once more compared our series of these two 

 birds in the British Museum, including the specimens in the Tweed- 

 dale Collection. I agree with Count Salvadori that the females are 

 rather different, as described by him, and the female from Perak is 

 grey-headed like the Tenasserim bird ; but the male agrees with the 

 Sumatran P. cameranoi better than with the true P. eeralatus. 

 There is a slight difference in the gloss of the head in the males from 

 Tenasserim and Sumatra, the latter having a blue-black gloss, and 

 the Tenasserim birds being rather greenish black on the head. The 

 Sumatrau birds have decidedly more pink on the flanks. 



Fam. Parid^. 



Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgs.). 



Melanochlora sultanea, Hume & Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 378 ; 

 Gates, t. c. p. 129 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 6.5. 



"No. 90. d ad. Gunong Batu Putch. 



" Irides brown ; bill dark grey ; feet and legs blue-grey. This 

 ' Sultan Tit ' I have seen, as high as 4.500 feet, both on the Larut 

 Hills and also on the main mountain-chain." 



Fam. Nectariniid^. 

 tEthopyga wrayi. 



jEthopyga wrayi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 440. 

 "No. 108. 2 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 

 " Irides black ; legs and feet brown ; bill black, yellowish at 

 angle." 



Not distinguishable from the female of ^. sanguinipectus. 



Fam. Dic^id^. 



Prionochilus ignicapilltjs, Eyton. 



Prionochilus ignicapillus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. Gb. 



"No. 110. c? ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 



" Irides brown ; hill black above, yellow beneath with dusky 

 tip ; legs and feet nearly black." 



A young bird, without any of the fine colouring of the adult, being 

 almost entirely olive-green. 



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