1917.]| H. C. Ropinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawt. 189 
115. DICAEUM CRUENTATA IGNITA (Begbie). 
Dicaeum cruentatum, Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 15; Robison 
and Kloss, p. 78. 
a. ~*. Telok Wau, Terutau, 23rd-29th December 
1916. [Nos. 3714-7, 3737; 3772, 3790]. 
“Tris dark hazel, bill and feet black, basal half of bill 
slaty.” 
In view of Gyldenstolpe’s identification of specimens from 
Koh Lak, Siamese Malaya, with the reputed Chinese and 
Hainan form, D. c. coccinea, (Scop)., I have again gone 
through very carefully the very large series of this species in 
the F.M.S. Museums, in the light of Hartert’s remarks on the 
subject, Nov. Zool. xvii, p. 243 (1910). 
Begbie’s specimens came from somewhere near Kessang 
in the territory of Malacca, and it is therefore hardly legitimate 
to regard specimens from Terutau, 400 miles to the north, as 
strictly representative of his Nectarinia ignita. Our speci- 
mens are by no means uniform and while the majority have 
the outer aspect of the wing glossy purplish one or two have 
the lesser wing coverts and scapulars with a distinct oily green 
gloss without purplish. Specimens from Trang are the same 
but those from Koh Pennan and Koh Samui have but little 
purple tinge and must therefore be regarded as D. c. coccinea if 
we are to recognise that form. In addition these specimens 
have the red parts of the plumage more vermilion and less 
scarlet, but this may be due either to age of the bird or of the 
feathers. The females are certainly not more rusty orange 
above as Hartert says is the case with Hainan specimens. 
Hartert has not defined the limits of his three forms, at least so 
far as the typical D. c. crwentata is concerned and it would 
appear that they all converge somewhere in the region of 
Southern and Western Siam. 
116. DICAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMA (Scop.). 
Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 38; Robinson and Kloss, p. 78; 
Robinson, antea, vol. v, p. II0 (1915). 
af. 46,2 %. Telok Wau, Terutau. 17th-23rd 
December. Nos. 3647-8, 3684-5, 3718-9. 
“Tris dark, bill plumbeous green, feet slate.” 
Common nearly everywhere in the Peninsula. 
117. DICAEUM CHRYSORRHOEUM, Temm. 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. x, p. 44 (1885); Robinson 
and Kloss, p. 78; Robinson, Ibts, 1915, p. 756; Gyldenstolpe, p. 36. 
tplin 2 Oe WS WER Asin S wiggerteyan 
December 1916. Nos. 3707, 3776. 
Rather rare in the north of the Peninsula; we have 
only one specimen from Trang. 
Sept., 1917. 13 
