70 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 
Paride. 
235. Melanochlora flavocristata. 
Melanochlora flavocristata (Lafr.); Hellmayr, Tierreich, 
Paridse, p. 31 (1903) ; Robinson, p. 210. 
Melanochlora sultanea (part.) Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. viii. p. 6 (1883). 
Mr. Hellmayr regards the Malayan form of the Sultan 
Tit as subspecifically distinct from the Himalayan and 
Burmese bird M. sultanea under the above given name, on 
account of its smaller size. He gives the wing as 100- 
107 mm., as against 110-115 mm. in the northern bird. 
Five males from various parts of the Malay Peninsula 
measure from 98*5-104*5 mm. in the wing, as against an 
average of 112 mm. in a similar number of birds from 
Sikkim. 
The species was rather scarce in Trang, and we only got 
three or four specimens. Elsewhere in the Peninsula it is 
widely distributed, chiefly in the foot-hills and up to about 
3000 feet. It flies in small flocks in the jungle or at the 
edge of jungle clearings. 
Sittid^e. 
236. Dendrophila saturatior. 
Sitta frontalis saturatior Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 573 
(1902). 
Dendrophila saturatior Robinson, p. 210. 
This species occurs in Trang, whence we have a male 
obtained by Dr. Abbott and another from Lam-ra secured 
by our own men on January 26th, 1910. 
Dr. Abbott's specimen is very pale beneath, almost 
matching true D. frontalis in this respect, but specimens from 
Bankasoon in the extreme south of Tenasserim are almost 
as dark as some of the darker Malayan specimens. 
We have compared a series of about sixteen Peninsular 
specimens with the types of the species from Java and with 
other skins from the Himalayas, Central and Southern India, 
