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34 



(Feathers of crown rounded, lores uniform 



with forehead . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 



Feathers of crown pointed, lores paler 

 I than forehead . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 



[Eyelid brightly coloured, wing 2.75 to 



3 inches . . . . . . P. c. crrjthropthnlvius 



j Eyelid not brightlv coloured, wing 2.95 to 



[ 3.55 inches ' .. .. .. .. .. ..36 



.,„ (Iris whitish, wing 2.95 to 3 15 inches . . . . P. s. simplex 



(Iris reddish, wing 3.15 to 3.55 iiaches .. .. P. b. hrunneus 



(Under tail-coverts less richly coloured, wing 

 .-.„ 3.35 to 3 55 inches . . . . . . lole o. olivacea 



.Under tail-coverts more lichly coloured, 



[ wing less than 3.35 inches . . . . I. o. cinnamomcoventris 



355. Aegithina viridissima ( Bp.). 



lora viridissima, Bp., Consp. Av., i, 1850, p. 397 ( Sumatra, 

 restrictod ) ; Hume, Stray Feathers, v., 1877, p, 427 ( M'ergui ) ; 

 A., p. 327 (Mergui). 



Aegithina viridissima, C. i. p. 201 (Mergui); F, 55 ( Trang ) ; 

 J., p. 171 (Terutau) ; K., p. 197 ( Koli Lak ) ; L., p. 106 (Junk 

 Seylon ) ; M., p. 192 ( Patiyu ) ; M. 2, p. 343 ( Burma, Siam and 

 Malay Peninsula ) . 



S . Tapli,Pakchan, Peninsular Siam, 3 March 1919 (No. 4376). 



" Iris grey ; bill and feet slate, culmen black ". 



Total length, 133 ; wing, 63; tail, 50; tarsus, 18; bill from 

 gape, 18 mm. 



We have carefully compared a considerable series from the 

 Malay Peninsula with birds from Borneo and Sumatra : while the 

 island birds are possibly slightly darker, the diiferences are not 

 sufficient to warrant the recognition of a continental race. 



356. Aegithina tiphia tiphia ( Linn. ). 



Motacilla tijyhia, Linn., Syst. Kat. i, 1766, p. 331 (Bengal). 



lora tiphia, Hume, Stray Feathers, v, 1877, p. 428; A., p. 327 



(Tavoy to Bopyin) ; B., p. 15 (Junk Seylon). 

 Aegithina typhia, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen (2) vii, 1889, p. 437 



(Malewoon). 

 Aegithina tiphia, C. i, p. 202 (Tenasserim) ; D., p. 91 (Fatani) ; E., 



p. 90 (Patani) ; F., p. 55 (Trang) ; H., pp. 101, 148 (Bandon ; 



Koh Samui ; Koh Pennan) ; I., p. 63 (Koh Lak). 



A. Hume it iJiivison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. (). Grant, Kasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birils>, lOOS- 



B. Miiller, iJie Ornis der Insel Salanga, 188-2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Bunnah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. G- Gairdner, Journ. N. H. Roc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhotc. T. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Kobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 1910. 



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