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Pycnonotus striatus paulus (Bangs and Phillips) 



Alcurus striatus paulus Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 58, No. 6, April 1914, p. 284 (Loukouchai, Yunnan 

 Province, China). 

 Range: Reported from the mountains of the northern plateau 

 (Chaiya Prakan, Chiang Alai, Nan). 



Pycnonotus nielanoleucos (Eyton) 



Microtarsus melanoleucos Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 7, 

 No. 78, November 1839, p. 102 ([Malaya]). 

 Range: Reported only from the southernmost peninsular provinces 

 (Narathiwat). 



Pycnonotus atriceps atriceps (Temminck) 



Turdus atriceps Temminck, in Temminck and Laugier, Nouveau 

 recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, [livr. 25,] vol. 2, August 

 1822, pi. 147 and text ("Java . . . Sumatra"; type locality 

 restricted to Java, by Robinson and Boden lOoss, Jo urn. Fed- 

 erated Malay States Mus., vol. 11, 1923, p. 55). 

 Range: Throughout the country from Chiang Rai to the extreme 

 South. 



Pycnonotus melanicterus vantynei Deignan 



Pycnonotus dispar vantynei Deignan, Journ. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 38, No. 7, Aug. 2, 1948, p. 246 (Phongtho [lat. 22°32' 



N., long. 103°20' E.], Laokay or Laichau Province, Tongking). 



Range: Apparently resident in the northernmost provinces of the 



northern plateau (Chaiya Prakan, Chiang Kai, Phayao), but also 



reported, on migration or in winter, from Chiang Mai and from the 



eastern plateau (Sakon Nakhon, Ubon). 



Pycnonotus melanicterus xanthops Deignan 



Pycnonotus dispar xanthops Deignan, Journ. Washington Acad. 

 Sci., vol. 38, No. 7, Aug. 2, 1948, p. 246 (Ban Mae [lat. 18°40' 

 N., long. 98°50' E.], Chiang Mai Provmce, Thailand). 

 Range: The northern plateau (excepting areas inhabited by the 

 preceding form), on the West south to Kamphaeng Phet. 



Pycnonotus melanicterus auratus Deignan 



Pycnonotus dispar auratus Deignan, Joiu-n. Washington Acad. 



Sci., vol. 38, No. 7, Aug. 2, 1948, p. 246 (Muang Lom Sak 



[lat. 16°45' N., long. 101°10' E.], Phetchabun Provmce, 



Thailand). 



Range: The northern portion of the eastern plateau (Phetchabun, 



Loei, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom). 



