234 Journal of the F. M. S. Museums. [Vov. VI, 
DICAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMA (Scop.) 
Dicaeum trigonostigma (Scop.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. x, p. 38 (1885). 
a—f. 5 Males, 1 Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th 
November—8th December 1915. [Nos. 2,118-9, 2,133-4, 
AMV], AAO: | 
“Male: iris dark, bill greenish slate, paler at the base of 
the lower mandible, feet dark slaty green. Female: iris dark, 
bill pale orange, culmen and tip horn brown, feet dark green 
Sie,” [[a((CIRs 6s CaIBIKe] 
Common on flowering trees in open spaces near our 
camp. 
Abundant everywhere in the Peninsula up to about 
3,500 ft. 
PRIONOCHILUS IGNICAPILLUS (Eyton). 
__ Prionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. x, p. 65 (1885). 
a—b. 2 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 4th December, 
1gI5. Nos. 2163-4. 
“ Bill black, iris chestnut, feet slaty black, lower mandible 
slate except at tip.) Ibe Gsh ce @3 Baka 
Not very common on Kedah Peak. Sparsely distributed 
throughout the Peninsula, attaining about 3,000 ft. as its 
maximum elevation. 
PRIONOCHILUS MACULATUS (Temm.). 
Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. x, p. 69 (1885). 
a. 1 Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 6th December, 
1g15. [No. 2,190.] f 
b. 1 Male. Gurun, Kedah 50 ft. 13th December, 1915. 
[No. 2,252. ] 
“Tris chestnut, bill slate, the culmen black, feet dark 
greenish slate.” (H.C.R. & C.B.K.) 
Not so common as others of the family but very generally 
distributed over the whole length of the Peninsula, from 
Bandon to Singapore. 
PRIONOCHILUS THORACICUS (Temm.). 
Prionochilus thoracicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
X, p. 67 (1885); Ogilvie Grant, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 
lll, p. 19 (1909); Robinson, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Aszat. 
Soc. No. 57, p. 14 (1911). 
a—c. 3 Male. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th November— 
Ist December, 1915. [Nos. 2,121, 2,135-6.] 
‘Tris dark, bill black, feet greenish slate.” [H.C.R. & 
C.B.K.] 
