PYCNONOTHWE, 
Family PYCNONOTID ^. 1 
Genus i*EGITHINA Vieillot, 
^Egithina viridissima (Bp.)* Green lora. 
TEgithina viridissima viridissima (Bp.). 
low viridissima Bonaparte, Consp, Gen. Avium, i, 1850, p. 397 : 
Sumatra. 
lora chloroptera Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1874, p, 192 : Sarawak. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula; Tioman Island. 
Sumatra; Rhio and Lingga Archipelagos; Banka; Billiton. 
Borneo; North Natuna Islands. 
j?Egithina viridissima thapsina Gberh, 
Aegithina viridissima thapsina Oberholser, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
98, 1917, p, 40 : Siantan Island, Anamba Islands. 
Distr . — Anainba Islands. 
^Egithina viridissima nesiotica Oberh. 
Aegithina viridissima nesioiica Oberholser, Smith. Misc. Coll, lx, 
No. 7, 1912, p. 10: Tana Bala Island, Batu Islands. 
Distr.- — Batu Islands, West Sumatra. 
^Egithma tiphia (Linn.). Common lora. 
j^Egithina tiphia tiphia (Linn.). 
Motacilla tiphia Linn., Syst. Nat. 10th. ed., 1S58, p. 186 : Bengal. 
Distr. — Extra-1 imital. ] 
j^Egithina tiphia micromelaena Oberh. 
Aegithina tiphia micromelaena Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll, 
lxxvi, No. 6, 1923, p. 7: Banka Island. 
Distr. — Peninsular Siam; Malay States (north). 
Sumatra; Banka Island. 
^Lgithina tiphia singapurensis Chas, and Kloss. 
Aegithina tiphia singapurensis Chasen and Kloss, Bull. Raffl. Mus. 
5, 1931, P- 85: Singapore Island. 
Distr . — Malay States (south). 
1 There seems little point in removing from this family such genera as 
Irena^ Ckloropsis, etc. and creating special families for their reception until 
this and allied groups have received attention at the hands of a qualified 
anatomist. 
Revisions : Snouck. v. Schaub., Org. Cl. Ned. Yog, vi, 1934, p. 140 
and vii, 1935, p. 103. 
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