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versity of plumage condition shows that even in fresh feathers there 

 is no olive tinge as in the corresponding stage of peasei. 



The caudal molt is usually centrifugal but appears to be subject to 

 some irregularity, as one specimen has shed and replaced only the 



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• SCALE • 

 FiauRE 10. — Distribution of Pycnonotus dodsoni. 



1. P. d. dodsoni. 



2. P. d. spuriua. 

 S. P. d. peasei, 



outermost pair of rectrices, while another has the middle and the 

 outermost pair new and the rest old. 



If wear is taken into consideration in comparing these birds with 

 peasei, the darker color of the latter is very noticeable, and, for that 

 matter, even worn peasei are definitely darker than fresh dodsoni. 



