244 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vov. VIII, 
yellowish green above and much clearer grey below, only the 
median line of the abdomen being washed with yellow. It 
agrees fairly well with Miiller’s figure. 
Should additional material from Sumatra maintain these 
distinctions, the form from the Malay Peninsula will have to 
be known as Anthothreptes simplex zanthochlora (Hume, Stray 
Feathers, 11, p. 320 note (1875). Bornean specimens require 
further examination. 
Chalcoparia singalensis (Gm.) 
Chalcoparia phoemcotis (Temm.); Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen. xiv, p. 214 (1879). 
Chalcoparia singalensts, Vorderman, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. 
Ind. xlix, p. 400, no. 224 (1889). 
Anthothreptes phoentcotis, Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. ix, 
p. 121 (1884). 
a. 1 6. Pasir Ganting, West Sumatran Coast, Lat. 
2°S. 20th June, 1914. [No. 2046.] 
“Tris red, bill black, feet yellowish green.” 
We can detect no differences between this bird and others 
trom the south of the Peninsula, the type locality having been 
fixed as Malacca by Oberholser (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. Ix, 
IN@s Wp \Os Ae (UCR) 
As both Davison and Oates have noted, this Ruby-Cheek 
is not a Sunbird in its habits but is much more akin to certain 
of the smaller Timaliine birds such as Mixornis and Cyanoderma. 
178. Arachnothera longirostra (Lath.). 
Arachnothera longirostrva (Lath.); Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen. xiv, p. 214 (1879); Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. ix, p. 
103 (1884); Vorderman, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xlix, p. 400, 
no. 225 (1889); Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix, p. 210 (1902); Van 
Oort, Notes Leyden Mus. xxxii, pp. 194 et seq. (1910). 
Arachnothera longirostra longirostra, Parrot, Abh. Konig]. 
Akad Bayer Ulexcivi bd tepm23On(noo7)r 
Arachnothera longivostra melanchima, Oberholser, Smith- 
sonian Misc. Coll. Vol. 60, No. 7, p. 19 (1912). 
a-c. 3%. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, Sumatra, 
4,700 feet. toth April-13th May, 1914. 
[Nos. 777, 954, 1574.] 
d. 1 6. Sandaran Agong, Korinchi Valley, Sumatra, 
2,450 feet. rst June, 1914. [No. 1816.] 
“Tris hazel, upper mandible black, lower whitish horn at 
base, black at tip, feet slate.” 
Oberholser’s diagnosis of his A. 1. melanchima from 
the Upper Siak River, Eastern Sumatra, is ‘‘ Much like 
A.1. longtrostra from the Malay Peninsula, but with the olive 
green of upper parts darker and less yellowish or bronzy.” 
Expedition to Korinchi: 
