76 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 
This plain-coloured Sun-bird is a decidedly rare species in 
the Malay Peninsula, but is sparingly distributed from the 
northern border south to Klang in Selangor. It does not 
appear to have been obtained up to the present in Johor, 
and the Hume collection contains no specimens from that 
State. It is met with usually in pairs, and not in open 
country like its congener A. malaccensis. 
The type of A. xanthochlora from Tenasserim is a rather 
small female, with the upper surface strongly tinged with 
yellow. It can, however, be matched by specimens from 
other parts of the range of A. simplex , and is probably an 
immature bird. 
254. Anthothreptes hypogrammica. 
Anthothreptes hypogrammica (S. Mull.); Gadow, tom. 
cit. p. 112; Robinson, p. 213. 
Scarce in Trang, where it is approaching its northern 
limit, but widely distributed throughout the Peninsula. 
255. Anthothreptes rhodol^ema Shelley. 
Anthothreptes rhodolcema Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 313, 
pi. 101. fig. 1 (1878). 
Anthothreptes malaccensis (partim) Gadow, tom. cit. 
p. 123. 
This species, which is very different from the commoner 
A. malaccensis and at once distinguishable by the darker 
olive-green colour of the belly and the reddish ear-coverts, 
was exceedingly abundant at Chong, feeding in large 
numbers on trees in flower in the park. 
It appears to be commoner in the northern districts, 
but is found sparingly throughout the Peninsula, south to 
Singapore, and whereas A. malaccensis is always found 
either near the sea or on cocoanut palms, the present form 
is met with further up country, and always in jungle or 
forest land. 
256. Anthothreptes malaccensis. 
Anthothreptes malaccensis (Scop.); Gadow, tom. cit. 
p. 122. 
Abundant in the cocoanut-groves of the Langkawi group. 
