KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 33 
Blyth’s Pipit was not uncommon on the plains of Upper Siam during the cold 
season. In the Siamese Malaya it was never met with but replaced by A. richardi malay- 
ensis Eyton. Anthus richardi striolatus is very similar to the typical A. richardi but is 
distinguished by its smaller size. Especially the bill is much shorter in A. r. striolatus 
which also has the claw of the hind toe slightly shorter. 
Fam. Nectarinide. 
42. Aethopyga dabryi. J. Verr. — Dabry’s Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 
@ Koon Tan 4/9 1914. L = 94 mm.; W = 45 mm.; T = 34 mm.; C = 16 mm. — Irides: black. 
Bill: brownish black. Legs: dark brown. 
This species seems to be very rare in Siam and is probably only confined to the 
higher mountains. 
As the single female specimen I obtained was shot by my native collector, I have 
nothing especial to remark about this species. 
43. Arachnechthra asiatica. Lato. — The Purple Sun-bird. 
Arachnechthra asiatica: Gyldenstolpe I p. 43. 
& Koh Lak 4*/i2 1914. L=106 mm; W = 54 mm; T = 34 mm; C = 15 mm. — J Koh Lak 
19/2 1914. L = 105 mm.; W = 52 mm.; T = 85 mm.; C = 15,5 mm. — ff Koh Lak 74/11 1914. L = 105 
mm.; W = 55,5 mm.; T= 85 mm; C = 15,2 mm. — ff Koh Lak /11 1914. L = 100 mm; W = 52,5 
mm.; T = 34 mm.; C = 16 mm. — Irides: blackish brown. Bill: black. Legs: black. 
Rather common both in Upper Siam and down in the Siamese Malaya but never 
in evergreen jungles. It occurs in more open scrub jungle, in or near gardens and culti- 
vated land. It is a very familiar bird. 
Two young males from Koh Lak have the blue metallic colour confined to a line 
on the throat, and the upper plumage has only a few marked spots of metallic blue. 
44, Cyrtostomus flammaxillaris. BuytaH. — The Burmese Yellow-breasted Sun-bird. 
Cyrtostomus flammacillaris: Miller p. 377; Robinson & Kloss p. 77; Robinson II p. 152. 
Nectarinia flammazillaris: Gould p. 151. 
Cinnyris flammacxillaris: Oustalet 1903 p. 11. 
Arachnechthra flammaxillaris: Flower p. 324; Williamson I p. 44; Gyldenstolpe I p. 44; Gyldenstolpe III p. 171. 
@ Koon Tan 5/5 1914. L = 96 mm.; W = 45 mm.; T = 29 mm; C = 16mm. — J Koh Lak */11 
1914. L=93 mm; W = 49 mm.; T = 33 mm; C = 16 mm. — ¢ Bang Hue Pong *"/s5 1914. L—= 98 
mm.; W = 48 mm; T = 33 mm; C = 16 mm. — ¢ Koon Tan */3 1914. L = 98 mm.; W = 49 mm; 
T= 31 mm; C= 16,2 mm. — of juv. Koon Tan °/, 1914. L = 89 mm.; W = 49 mm.; T = 25 mm; 
C = 12,5 mm. — Trides: brownish black. Bill: black. Legs: black. 
The Burmese Yellow-breasted Sun-bird was most abundant in Northern Siam though 
it also occured in the Siamese Malaya where I obtained specimens at the neighbourhood 
of Koh Lak. 
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