38 Mr. R. B. ShB.Y])e's Contributions to the 



A specimen from W. Java is also in the Museum, obtained 

 by Mr. Wallace, and marked by him C. mindanensis , showing 

 that he regarded it as identical with the Malaccan bird, and 

 distinct from C. amoenus. The female is rather light grey, 

 the flanks strongly washed with fulvous brown. Whether 

 this bird is only a stage of C. amoenus, or a distinct species, 

 remains to be proved. 



The true C. mindanensis from the Philippines is a very dif- 

 ferent bird with wholly black tail. 



27. Trachycomus ochrocephalus (Gm.) ; Salvad. /. c. 

 p. 196. 



" No. 71. Sibu." 



28. PVCNONOTUS EUPTILOTIS. 



a. " ^ . Sibu, July 10, 1874. Iris pale reddish ; legs brown ; 

 bill dark brown. •'^ 



b. "No. 161. Jambusan.'' 



The above birds agree with three others in the Museum, 

 determined respectively as Jole tympanistrigus (Miill.), ex 

 Malacca {Wallace), Pycnonotus euptilotis (J. & S.), ex Java, 

 Pycnonotus susanii (Miill.), ex Borneo. 



It is evident therefore that great confusion in nomenclature 

 exists here. 



29. Pycnonotus plumosus, Blyth ; Salvad. /. c. p. 198. 



a. " S . Jambusan, Sept. 18, 1874. Bill black ; legs dark 

 brown; iris crimson.^' 



30. Pycnonotus analis. 



Pycnonotus analis (Horsf.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 197. 



" No. 164. ^. Sibu, 1874. Iris chocolate ; bill and legs 

 black. Fruit in gizzard." 



I am by no means certain that Philippine examples, P. 

 goiavier (Scop.), are really distinct from the Malaccan and 

 Bornean bird ; for a Malaccan skin in the British Museum has 

 the ear-coverts nearly as dark as in a Philippine bird. 



31. Pycnonotus pusillus, Salvad. /. c. p. 200. 



a. " No. 18. 6 . Puak, Upper Sarawak. Iris reddish 

 orange ; legs light brown." 



