1922.) Remarks on Mr. Baker’s new volume on Birds. 567 
Pycnonotus brunneus brunneus. 
Pycnonotus brunneus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 
XIV, 1845, p. 568 (Malacca). 
Pycnonotus simplex Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, I, 
p. 292. The distribution of the sub-species is Malay 
Peninsula, south of Mergui, and Sumatra. 
Though rightly called ‘‘ Moore’s Olive Bulbul’ by Oates 
p. 422. Pycnonotus erythropthalmos erythropthalmos. The 
distribution of this form is omitted: it ranges south 
through the Malay Peninsula from the extreme south of 
Tenasserim. In a foot-note it is stated that P. salvadoris 
is the name of the Sumatran race: this is incorrect. 
Sharpe based it on a series of five Bornean birds as may 
be seen by a reference to the Cat. Birds. Brit. Mus. VI, 
p. 155. It is true that after these an immature skin from 
Sumatra is mentioned but this cannot possibly be 
regarded as the type: further, Borneo has already been 
designated. Sumatran birds have been named P. e. 
cyanochrus by Oberholser. 
p. 422. The generic name Microiarsus must be changed to 
Brachypodius Blyth (Type Lanius melanocephalus Gm..,) 
now to be known as Brachypodius atriceps Temm. 
type of Microtarsus Eyton, is M. melanoleucus Eyton, and 
it is incorrect to characterise Microiarsus as havin 
barred rump feathers and a glossy head as M. melanoleucus 
possesses neither feature. ‘The genus is a Malayasian one 
not entering British India and seems sufficiently distinct 
on account of its shorter tail coverts and the proportions 
of the culmen and tarsus: in Brachypodius the tail coverts 
are abnormally lengthened while the difference in length 
between culmen and tarsus is much less. : 
p. 423. The birds placed under Microiarsus melanocezhalus 
melanocephalus represent two forms and should stand in 
future as 
439. Brachypodius atriceps major. 
Brachypodius atriceps major Robinson and Kloss, Journ. 
Fed. Malay States Mus, XI, p. 55, 1923 (Cachar). 
Micropus melanocephalus Oates and Blanf., 1, p. 294 (part.) 
Description, etc., as given under M. m. melanocephalus 
by Baker : but distribution confined to British India and 
Siam north of the Isthmus of Kra. 
439a. Brachypodius atriceps atriceps. 
Turdus atriceps, Temminck, Pl. Col. No. 147, 1822 (Java). 
Micropus melanocephalus, Oates and Blanf., 1. p. 294 (part.) 
