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PYCNONOTIDAE. 



(General colours intense ; with no neutral 



greys or browns in the plumage 

 Bright colours, if any, localised ; with 



neutral browns or greys in the plumage 



Plumage entirely dull blue or bright blue 



and black 

 Plumage largely green or yellow . . 

 Pluma'-ie entirely black and white 



Under tail-coverts not reaching middle of tail 

 Under tail-coverts extending beyond middle 

 of tail .. " .. 



Head crested 

 Head not crested 



Under tail-coverts not uniform with the 



under surface 

 Under tail-coverts uniform with 



under surface 



Top of head glossy black, throat white 

 Head all round blue grey 



Head all round glossy black, tail feathers 



tipped bright yellow 

 Head all round not glossy black, tail 



feathers not tipped with yellow 



With no emerald green in the plumage 

 With more or less emerald green in the 

 plumage 



General colour beneath sage green, eye-ring 



conspicuous 

 General colour beneath bright yellow, 



eye-ring not conspicuous 



Smaller; wingless than 2.5 inches 

 Larger ; wing more than 2.5 inches 



Belly with more or less orange 

 Belly green 



Forehead with more or less orange 

 Forehead with no orange 



Throat black 



Throat green, no ocular ring 



Throat yellow, a yellow ocular ring 



Wing and tail largely blue, sides of head 



more or less yellow 

 Wing and tail green, sides of head with no 



yellow 



Crown bright golden yellow 

 Crown verditer green 



Wing more than 3.5 inches, a bright patch 



of colour at the angle 

 Wing less than 3.5 inches, no bright patch 



at the angle 



]\Iicrntarsus melanoleucus 

 Irena jmeUa piiella 



I. p. cyanea 

 Otocompsn rlavirentris Jtiinor 



Bubigula squamata ivebberi 

 J'ycnonotus c. cyaniventris 



BrachyjMclius atriceps, sabspp. 



A eg ith ina v irid iss ini a 



Aagithina viridis tipliia 

 Aethorhynchus, I. lafresnayei 



Chloropsis hardiciclii malaymia 



C. aurifrona inoniata 



C. viridis zosterops, $ 



C. i. icterocephala,S 

 C. i. c}dorocep}iala,S 



C. V. zosterops, (S 



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A. Hume & Davison, Stray Keathei-s, vi, 1878. E. 



B. Miiller, Die Omis Jer In.sol Siilanya, 188-2. F. 



C. Oates, Birds Brit. Bunnali, Vols, i Ar ii, 1883. C. 



D. Bonhote. T. /,. hi. IMl. Vol. i. H. 



O. Gi-aiit, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds>, 190"). 

 Robinson and Kloss, Diis, 1910-11. 

 Giiirdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i. 1915. 

 Hohinson, Jouin. F. M, S. Museums, v, 191."). 



JOURN. NAT. HIST. SOC. SIAM, 



