276 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



c?, $. Tung Pran, Takuatmig, P. Siam, 13-14 Feb. 1919 

 (Nos. 3969, 4005). 



$. Victoria Point, S. Tenasserim, 24 Feb. 1919 (No. 4183). 

 $ . Tapli, Pakchan, P. Siam, 2 March 1919 (No. 4372). 



" Iris orange or red ; bill black ; feet greenish brown". 



Total length d , 184 ; $ , 188, 185, 193 ; wing d , 90 ; $ , 83, 

 81, 81; tail d , 85 ; 2,77,78,78; tarsus J, 18; $,19, 20, 19; 

 bill from gape d , 21 ; $ , 20, 20, 20 mm. 



All birds previously referred to P. smiplex from north of 

 Juuk Seylon are probably this bird, which can be sejjarated by its 

 larger size, more buffy underparts and the colour of the iris, which 

 is never white or cream. 



384. Pycnonotus simplex simplex Less. 



Pyrnonotus simplex, Lesson, Rev. Znol, 2, 1839, p. 167 ( tSumatra ); 

 E., p. 86 (partim: Patani). 



Mlcrotarsus olivaceus, Moore, Cat. Birds. Mus. East India Co., i, 

 1854, p. 259 (Malacca). 



The only authentic specimen from Siam with which we are 

 acquainted is a female from Lay Song Hong, Trang, collected by Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott on 6th December, 1896. Iris recorded as "white," 

 bill black, paler at base, feet fleshy brown. Wing 80 nnn. ( mea- 

 sured in skin ). This seems to be the most northerly specimen on 

 record. 

 385. Pycnonotus erythrophthalmos erythrophthalmos ( Hume ). 



Ixos erytkrnphthahnos, Hume, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878, p. 314 



( Pakchan Estuary ) . 

 Ixos pusillus, A , p. 312 ( Pakchan ; Bankasoon ). 

 Pycnonotus pusilkis, Salvad., praeocc. 

 Pycnonotus sal vadoi-ii, C, i, p. 197 (South Tenasserim). 

 Pycnonotus pusillus, Williamson, Journ. N. H. S. Siam, ii, 1916, 



p. 59 ( Patani). 

 Pycnonotus erythopthcdmus erythropthalmus, M. 2, p. 422 (no 



distiibution ). 



2 . Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 28 March 1919 (No. 4792). 

 " Iris red, orbital ring yellow ; bill black, gape yellow ; feet 

 pinkish brown." 



A. Hume & Davison, Stray Foathers, vi, 1878. E. O. fjrant, Fa.sciculi Malayenscs, iii (Birdsl, 1905. 



B. Miiller, nie Ornis del- Insel SalanKa, 188'2. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. Oates, Birds Brit. Bin-mah, Vols, i k ii, 1883. C. (iairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901. Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. h\ M. S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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