THE



Avicultural Magazine


THE JOURNAL OF THE

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



Fifth Series. —VoL II.—No. 7. —All rights reserved. JULY, 1937.



CHLOROPSIS SONNERATI ZOSTEROPS


According to Robinson’s Birds of the Malay Peninsula this Fruit-

sucker is called the Malachite-shouldered Leaf Bird, and its distri¬

bution includes the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Rhio Archipelago,

Billiton, Borneo and North Natuna Islands.


It is found chiefly in forested country from sea-level to over 3,000

feet.


The bird here shown is a cock, the hen is similar but with yellow

throat and yellow rim round the eye, hence the name Zosterops ; the

beak in the hen is brown.


It is a comparatively large species—as a cage bird it is absolutely

delightful, very tame, full of character, and has the ability to mimic

any other bird.


CHLOROPSIS COCHINCHINENSIS ICTERO-

CEPHALA


Robinson’s Birds of the Malay Peninsula calls this Fruitsucker

the Malay Green Leaf Bird, and goes on to say “ It is a low country

forest bird, it keeps to the lighter and more open parts, and is

occasionally, but not often, found in gardens and in village lands if

these are near old jungle


Its distribution the Malay States, Sumatra, Rhio and Lingga

Archipelagos, Banka, Billiton and North Natuna Islands.



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