BIRDS FROM SI AM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 391 



PYCNONOTUS AURIGASTER GERMAINI (OuBtalet) 



Jxu8 germaini Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philoin. Paris, ser, 7, vol. 2, p. 54, 1878 

 (Saigon, Cochinchina) . 



One male, Chantabun, May 28, 1929. 



Robinson and Kloss *° under Molpastes a. thais say this form has 

 been met with at Kao Sabap, Chantabun. M. a. germaini may be 

 distinguished from thais by the narrower Hghter tips to the outer 

 tail feathers, which are light drab rather than white and the top of 

 the head brownish rather than black. 



De Schauensee " records a pair from Chantabun as P. a. thais that 

 I think must belong to this form. Gyldenstolpe ^^ reports it from 

 Sakerat, Korat Plain. 



The form ranges from southeastern Siam to Cambodia, Cochin- 

 china, Laos, and Annam. 



PYCNONOTUS FINLAYSONI FINLAYSONI Strickland 



Pycnonotus finlaysoni Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, vol. 13, p. 411, 

 1844 (Malacca, as fixed by Haitert "). 



One immature male, Patalung, July 7, 1929; one female, Ban Hoi 

 Tail, Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, July 18, 1928; one female, Wat 

 Kiriwong, July 26, 1928; one male and one female, Koh Pangan 

 (Pennan), Bandon, July 24, 25, 1931; one female, Tha Lo, Bandon, 

 September 28, 1931; two males and one female, Pak Chong, February 

 8, May 17, and November 19, 1925; one male, Lam KHong Lang, Pak 

 Chong, June 11, 1925; one female, Lem Sing, Chantabun, June 8, 

 1926; one male, Ban Ta Yai, July 8, 1928; one female, Nong Khor, 

 near Sriracha, September 30, 1925; one female. Ban Sadet, Sriracha, 

 June 1, 1925; two males and one female, Hupbon, May 25, 1925, 

 November 3, 15, 1931; one male, Sakeo, near Krabin, May 7, 1928; 

 two males, Lat Bua Kao, August 7, 1929; one male and one female, 

 Aranya, July 14, 1930. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following in the Malay Peninsula: 

 Five males and four females, Trang (Lay Song Hong, December 6-14, 

 1896; Trang, January 6-February 13, 1897, December 31, 1898; near 

 base of Kao Nom Plu, March 9, 1897); one female, Pulo Langkawi, 

 December 9, 1899; two males and two females, Tenasserim (Muliwun, 

 March 25, 1900; Victoria Point, March 30, 1900; Pakchan River, 

 December 19, 1900); five males and two females, Mergui Archipelago 

 (Loughborough Island, January 23-25, 1900; Sullivan Island, January 

 31, 1900; Bentinck Island, March 8, 11, 1900). He describes the soft 

 parts as: Bill dull black; feet blackish. 



•• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. S, no. 3, p. 278, 1924. 

 11 Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 206, 1934. 

 » Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 60, no. 8, p. 26, 1913. 

 " Nov. Zool., vol. 9, p 660, 1902. 



