_XXVII. ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF FLOWER 
PRCKE RS) (DICABI DAB) PROM THE 
MALAY KEGION: 
Sirk Can OBINSON, Wb OsU a anDye. B. Loss, M:B.0.U. 
PIPRISOMA SORDIDUM, sp. nov. 
Differs from P. modestum (Hume), of the Malay Peninsula, 
Tenasserim and Siam in the absence of streaks on the under- 
surface and of white on the tail, from P. obsoletus (Mull. and 
Schleg.), of Timor and Flores in the latter character and in 
the duller undersurface, from P. everetti (Sharpe), of North 
Borneo and Labuan inthe darker underparts and from P. oliv- 
aceus (Tweed.), of the Philippines in the duller upper surface. 
Type:—Adult male, collected on 14th July, 1913,- at 
Rawang, Central Selangor. F.M.S. No. 101/18. 
Above dull brown, the feathers of the head with darker 
centres, the edges of the primaries, secondaries, upper tail- 
coverts and tail-feathers edged with olivaceous green, broader 
and greener on the inner secondaries. Beneath dull fuscous, 
chin and throat and the centre of the belly, whitish; under 
tail coverts whitish with greyish centres. Under wing coverts 
and axillaries, greyish, with dark centres to the former; sides 
of the face and lores greyish brown, malar region somewhat 
darker. Tail feathers with no traces of white. 
Dimensions (in skin) :--Wing, 60; tail, 33; tarsus, 13.5 ; 
bill from gape, II mm. 
Remarks :—TYhis bird is probably only a subspecies of 
imCvenclie SNAG ves LIS 1O7 je peor ida ZS) 1879, py 343. 
Pl. XXX, fig. 1, from which it differs in its very much darker 
colour beneath. 
DICAEUM VAN HEYSTI, Sp. NOV. 
Nearest to D. ignipectus (Hodgs.), of the Himalayan 
countries and the mountains of the Malay Peninsula but 
entirely lacking any red in the plumage or any black abdomi- 
nal patch, which character also separates it from D. beccarit, 
of W. Sumatra. 
Type :—Male (vix adult), from Beras tagi, Mountains of 
NE. Sumatra, collected on roth June, 1917, by A. D. van 
Heyst. -Collector’s No. 517. 
Above like D. ignipectus, but the metallic colouring with a 
more greenish cast. Below, throat and upper breast almost 
pure white, flanks and sides of the breast dusky, slightly tinged 
