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Show 440 MR. R B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [May 3, along the inner edge. Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2-6/tail 2-0, tarsus 0*85. STACHYRIS NIGRICEPS, Hodgs.; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 532 (1883). "No. 56. <$ . Irides brown." Apparently identical with Himalayan specimens. CYANODEKMA CHRYS_EA (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. vi. p. 176 (1884). Stachyridopsis chrysaa (Hodgs.); Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 601. " No. 35. Irides brown. Male and female similar." The specimen sent seems to me to be inseparable from S. chrysaa. It is a trifle less distinctly streaked on the head, showing an approach to S. assimilis ; but it has the brilliant throat of S. chrysaa. PHYLLERGATES CUCULLATUS (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 229 (1883). " No. 50. 6 • Irides light brown. Only seen in dense jungle." Identical with Javan specimens. SUTORIA MACULICOLLIS (Moore) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 218 (1883). " No. 51. 2 • Hides light brown. Shot in a clearing at 3300 feet." PTERUTHIUS ^ERALATUS, Tickell; Hume and Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 368 (1878). "No. 34. c?. Irides brown. This bird is fairly common on the higher parts of tbe hills." Slightly smaller than the typical P. aralatus (wing 3*1), but not specifically separable. P. cameranoi, of Salvadori (t. c. p. 232), is undoubtedly the same. iETHOFYGA WRAYI, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.) "No. 41. S • Irides dark brown. This Honey-sucker is very plentiful in the jungle, on the tops of the hills, and in the clearings. I have not observed it lower than 3000 feet. There is another species of Honey-sucker, but I was not able to get a specimen of it." This species is the Malayan representative of A^thopyga sangui-nipectus, from which it may he distinguished by its black, non-metallic throat and fore neck. Adult male. General colour above dark crimson on the mantle and back ; scapulars black ; on the rump a patch of sulphur-yellow ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, a little browner on the edge of the latter; upper tail-coverts metallic violet-blue; tail-feathers black, the long centre ones externally metallic violet-blue ; crown of head metallic violet-blue, with a purple reflexion ; lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts black; cheeks metallic blue, forming a moustachial streak ; throat, fore neck, and chest velvety |
