KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. HAND 56. N:<> 2. '!7 



In the collcction thcrc are fivc specimens of this small and plain-coloured bird, all 

 obtained in the hill-f orests at Koon Tan. 



Like other members of the present family this Flower-pecker was mostly .scen in t be 

 elumps of the parasitical plants growing on other trees. The Plain-coloured Flower- 

 pecker is probably fairly common in the Northern parts of the country, though it very 

 easy escapes notice on account of its small size and plain-colouring. 



A near relative Dicozum minullum, Swinh. inhabits the island of Hainan. It is 

 smaller than D. m. olivaceum but has, according to Hartert, a brighter colouringon lli< 

 upper surface, especially on the head. The flanks are also more yellowish olive and the 

 bill is decidedly larger. 



Another allied form D. solicitans Hart. inhabits Java where it seems to be rather 

 rare. In the collections of the Royal Natural History Museum of Stockholm there are 

 two specimens of this bird, which exactly agree with the description in the literature. 



53. Piprisoma modestum. Hume. Hume's Flower-pecker. 



Piprisoma modestam: Robinson & Kloss p. 79. 



Piprisoma squalidum: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 171. 



Piprisoma modestam modestum: Robinson III p. 756. 



ef Koon Tan 17 /b 1914. L = 88 mm.; W = 56 mm.; T = 28,5 mm.; C = 7 mm. — Bill: plumbeous 

 grey. Legs: black. 



A single male specimen of Hume's Flower-pecker was obtained among the Koon 

 Tan Hills. 



Both in size and colouration it is very similar to Piprisoma squalidum Burton. 

 which also inhabits the Burmese countries. It is, however, according to Sharpe, sepa- 

 rated from this last-mentioned form by having the jour outer tail-feathers tipped with 

 white while in P. squalidum only the two outer tail-feathers are tipjied with white. 



Fam. Sittidae. 



54. Sitta cinnamoventris. Blyth. — The Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch. 



Sitta cinnamoventris: Gyldenstolpe I p. 27; Gyldenstolpe III p. 166. 



J* Pak Koh 15 /s 1914. L = 132 mm.; W = 81 mm.; T = 43 mm.; C = 19 mm. — Irides: brown. 

 Bill: black. Legs: plumbeous. 



Apparently a very rare species. 



Nuthatches were only observed in the deciduous hill-forests of Northern Siarn and 

 they were always very scarce except Dendrophila {rontalis Swains. which was rather com- 

 mon in suitable localities. 



The Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch was, how^ever, also obtained by me during my pre- 

 vious Expedition to Siarn 1911 — 1912. Outside Siamese Territory it inhabits the Hima- 

 layas, Assam, Manipur and Upper Burma. 



