132 A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 



236. Arachnothera chrysogenys chrysogenys(Temm.)- 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 245. 



Arachnothera chrysogenys copha, Oberholser, torn. cit. p. 



20. 

 9 , Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 23rd November 



1917 [No. 822]. 

 Wing, 80.5 mm. 



Quite inseparable from West Sumatra and Malay Penin- 

 sula birds. 



DICAEIDAE. 



237. Dicaeum sumatranum, Cab. 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 247 ; Hartert, p. 210. 



2 $ , 9 imm., Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 25th August 



—10th November 1916 [Xos. 815, 668, 684, 687]. 

 $ , Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 12th February 



1918 [No. 992]. 



Wing. $ , 42, 45, 43 ; 9 , 42 mm. 

 Probably a local race of D. cruentatum. 



238. Dicaeum trigonostigma( Scop.). 



Hartert, p. 210. 

 8 , Polonia, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 15th November 1916 



[No. 700]. 

 2 $ , Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 19th December 



1917— 11th February 1918 [Nos. 867, 988]. 

 Wing, $ , 48, 48, 48 mm. 



239. Dicaeum minullum oIivaceum(Wald.). 



Dicaeum inornatum, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus. X, p. 45 (1885). 

 Dicaeum olivaceum, Hartert, Nov. Zool. IX, p. 575 



(1902). 

 1 S , 2 2 , Brastagi, Simeloengan, N. E. Sumatra, 19th 



June 1917 [Nos. 513, 514]. 

 Wing, $ , 43 ; 2 , 42, 43 mm. 



We can detect no differences between these birds and three 

 from various parts of the Malay Peninsula. The type came 

 from Taunghoo in Lower Burma. 



240. Dicaeum beccarii, Robinson and Kloss. 



Dicaeum beccarii, Robinson and Kloss, t. c. p. 247, pi. 



Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc. No. 73 p. 



VII., fig.. 1, Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc. 



No. 73 p. 278 (1916). 

 Dicaeum vanheysti, Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Fed. Mai. 



States Mus. VII, p. 239 (1918). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



