566 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
aris. 
p. 418-421. Pycnonotus plumosus. The treatment of the 
races under this heading is entirely wrong. In the first 
place P. blanfordi and P. robinsoni are not allied to 
P. plumosus in the specific sense; but to each cther. 
P. plumosus is a Malayasian species extending up the 
Malay Peninsula into Tenasserim; P. blanfordi and its 
subspecies P. robinsoni is an Indo-Chinese Species extend- 
ing southwards down the Malay Peninsula to Patani 
(Lat. 6° 30’ N): there is thus a considerable overlap 
between the two. 
- p. plumosus is rightly given trinomially since sub- 
species exist in the Malay Archipelago. P. p. blanfordi 
should stand as Pycnonotus blanfordi blanfordi and be 
followed by Pycnonotus blanfordi robinsoni. The dis- 
tribution of the last requires correction: it certainly 
occurs at Bangkok and no doubt at Krabin which is a town 
fifty miles to the east of that place, and at Ayuthia also near 
Bangkok ; but since P. b. blanfordi occurs in South Annam 
the presence of the other race there is scarcely possible. 
a little yellower. In the case of P. plumosus and P. 
robinsoni Mr. Baker has violated his own standard for sub- 
there is absolutely no inter-gradation. Their alliance is 
ee that of ‘‘ representative species ”. 
P 
Pp. 421. Pycnonotus simplex simplex must stand as 
