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ever, that Pycnonotus simplex of Lesson is the white-eyed species, and 
that consequently my Pycnonotus olivaceus chloeodis is a synonym. 
Lesson’s original description reads as follows: ‘‘Corpore supra griseo- 
luteola, albo luteo tincto infra; rostro corneo; pedibus bruneis.’’ The 
really distinctive portion of this diagnosis is the expression ‘‘albo 
luteo tincto infra,’’ which could not apply to the red-eyed bird, but 
is very well descriptive of the white-eyed species, as is at once evident 
on comparison of both with this description. The expression ‘‘cor- 
pore supra griseo-luteolé”’ also agrees better with the white-eyed 
than with the red-eyed species, for the latter is decidedly brown 
above. 
Of Pycnonotus simplex at least three subspecies are recognizable. 
The synonymy and geographic ranges of these are as follows: 
1. Pycnonotus simplex simplex Lesson. 
Picnonotus simplex Lesson, Rev. Zool., vol. 2, June, 1839, p. 167 (Sumatra). 
Pycnonotus olivaceus chloeodis OBERHOLSER, Smiths. Mise. Coll., vol. 60, No. 7, 
October 26, 1912, p. 11 (Tapanuli Bay, northwestern Sumatra). 
Geographic distribution.—Sumatra, Borneo, and some of the adja- 
cent islands. 
2. Pycnonotus simplex olivaceus (Moore). 
Microtarsus olivaceus Moors, in Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. East Ind. 
Co., vol. 1, 1854, p. 249 (Malacca). 
Geographic distribution.—Malay Peninsula. 
3. Pycnonotus simplex halizonus Oberholser. 
Pycnonotus olivaceus halizonus OBERHOLSER, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 98, 1917, 
p. 43 (Pulo Jimaja, Anamba Islands). 
Geographic distribution.—Anamba Islands. 
-““PYCNONOTUS BRUNNEUS ZAPOLIUS, new subspecies. 
Subspecific characters—Simiular to Pycnonoius brunneus brunneus, 
from the Malay Peninsula, but larger; upper surface darker; lower 
parts lighter, more grayish, the dark areas less brownish, the light 
areas more clearly yellowish, less ochraceous. 
Description.—Type, adult male, No. 170942, U.S.N.M.; Pulo 
Siantan, September 5, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum between 
olive brown and deep olive, the darker brown edgings of the feathers 
imparting a more or less scaly appearance when viewed in the proper 
light; cervix, back, and scapulars deep olive with a slight olive brown 
.tinge, the (largely concealed) centers of the feathers clove brown; 
rump and shorter upper tail-coverts dark buffy brown; longest upper 
tail-coverts olive brown; wings and tail somewhat olivaceous clove 
brown, but the lesser wing-coverts of the same color as the back, 
though slightly paler, the remaining superior wing-coverts and the 
1 Rev. Zool., vol. 2, June, 1839, p. 167. 
