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FASCICULI MALA TENSES 
* The commonest of the Sun-birds throughout the Peninsula, and found in 
every garden and native village, but not in jungle. In these localities it feeds, 
as noted above, on the cocoa-nut palms and on the flowers of Hibiscus, but 
among the Casuarinas on the sea coast it is often found in great numbers, and 
in this case is probably attracted by small insects found on the cones and in 
the crevices of the bark. Malay name, Burong black am I 
29. Aethopyjga wrayi, Sharpe 
Aethopyga wrayi, Sharpe , P.Z.S., 1887, p, 440, pi. xxxviii, fig. 2, 1888, 
p. 277 ; Hartert , p. 573. 
3 ad. Gunong Berirniban, Perak. 5,000 feet. 28th January. (No, 602) 
A male of Wray’s Sun-bird. 
( Very common at times among low shrubs and bamboos at high 
elevations, but very difficult to secure uninjured, chiefly owing to its 
extraordinary tameness and curiosity/ 
DICAEIDAE 
30, Prionochilu* Ignicaplllus, Eyton. 
Prionochilus ignicapillus, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 277. 
$ viz ad. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. *,500 feel. 10th May. (No. 87) 
The Crimson-breasted Flower-pecker has the iris reddish-brown, the bill 
black, and the feet lead-colour. In the present instance the green-edged 
primaries characteristic of immaturity are still retained. 
4 It frequents the tops of the high trees in flocks of five or six individuals/ 
31. Dicaeum cruentatum, (Linn.) 
Dicaeum cruentatum, Bonhote , p, 65. 
^ ad. Patani, 14th June and 10th October. (Nos. 187, 443) 
£ ad. Nawngchik. ayth November. (No. 480) 
£ ad. Gedong, South Perak, 8th January. (No. 505) 
The Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker has the iris brown and the bill and 
feet black. 
1 An open-country and coastal form ; very abundant at Patani among 
the Cashews. Known to the Malays m old-folk tales ; it is an important 
figure as the Burong supa Parti (Princess-bird)/ 
