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268. Prionochilus ignicapillus. 
Prionochilus ignicapillus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. 
p. 65. 
269. Prionochilus maculatus. 
Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 69 ; 
Robinson, p. 215. 
The species of this genus were not nearly so common as 
those of Dicceum , and were harder to get, as they seemed 
to frequent loftier trees. 
270. PlPRISOMA MODESTUM. 
Prionochilus modestus (Hume) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 32. 
Piprisoma modestum Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 
p. 383 (1890). 
A single specimen was obtained among numerous others 
of the family at Chong in December. It is probably not 
uncommon in the State, as Dr. Abbott also obtained it, but 
from its sombre and inconspicuous coloration it is very 
liable to escape notice. The present locality is the most 
southerly recorded for the species, which certainly does 
not occur in that portion of the Malay Peninsula under 
British influence. 
ZoSTEROPimE. 
271. ZOSTEROPS TAHANENSIS. 
Zosterops tahanensis Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. No. cxxvii. 
p. 10 (1906); Robinson, p. 215. 
Very numerous at Chong on one particular tree, in 
company with large numbers of Bulbuls, Flower-peckers, 
and Sun-birds. 
The species was originally described by Mr. Grant from 
a single specimen obtained on Gunong Tahan at an altitude 
of about 5000 feet, but it has since been found at several 
localities along the main range at lower elevations. 
Nine specimens before us differ from Z. aureiventer 
Hume in the characters stated by Mr, Grant, while in 
