78 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from, the 
263. Arachnothera flavigaster. 
Anthreptes flavigaster Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105 
(Malacca). 
Arachnothera eytonii Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. v. 
p. 132 (1874) (Borneo). 
Arachnothera simillima Hume, Stray Feathers, v. p. 487 
(1877) ; id. op. cit. vi. p. 171 (1878). 
Common along with other species of the genus in the park 
at Chong in December 1909. We have examined the type 
and two other specimens of Arachnothera simillima, all 
“ Malacca 99 trade-skins. The characters in the bill on 
which the species is founded are obviously due to 
immaturity. Parallel cases occur in other species of the 
genus. 
264. Arachnothera robusta. 
Arachnothera rohusta Mull, et Schleg.; Gadow, tom. cit. 
p. 101. 
Quite common in Trang, but decidedly rare throughout 
the rest of the Peninsula, the British Museum possessing 
only three specimens, viz. from South Perak, Selangor, 
and Malacca. 
Dic^eim. 
265. Dictum cruentatum. 
Dicceum cruentatum (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. x. p. 15 (1885). 
Rather scarce, though a few specimens were met with 
at Chong. The species is in the main an inhabitant of the 
coastal zone, and becomes much rarer in the inland districts. 
266. DlCiEUM TRIGONOSTIGMA. 
Dicceum trigonostigma (Scop.); Sharpe, tom, cit. p. 38; 
Robinson, p. 214. 
The commonest species of the family in Trang. 
267. Dicalum chrysorrheum. 
Dicceum chrysorrheum Temm.; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 44. 
Rather rare. 
