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Mr. E. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 
A specimen from W. Java is also in the Museum, obtained 
by Mr. Wallace, and marked by bim C. mindanensis , showing 
that he regarded it as identical with the Malaccan bird, and 
distinct from C. amcenus. The female is rather light grey, 
the flanks strongly washed with fulvous brown. Whether 
this bird is only a stage of C. amcenus , or a distinct species, 
remains to be proved. 
The true C. mindanensis from the Philippines is a very dif¬ 
ferent bird with wholly black tail. 
27. Trachycomus ochrocephalus (Gm.) ; Salvad. 1. c. 
p. 196. 
“ No. 74. Sibu.” 
28. Pycnonotus euptilotis. 
a. “ $ . Sibu, July 10,1874. Iris pale reddish; legs brown; 
bill dark brown.” 
b. “No. 161. Jambusan.” 
The above birds agree with three others in the Museum, 
determined respectively as Jole tympanistrigus (Mull.), ex 
Malacca (Wallace), Pycnonotus euptilotis (J. & S.), ex Java, 
Pycnonotus susanii (Mull.), ex Borneo. 
It is evident therefore that great confusion in nomenclature 
exists here. 
29. Pycnonotus plumosus, Blyth; Salvad. 1. c. p. 198. 
a. “ $ • Jambusan, Sept. 18, 1874. Bill black; legs dark 
brown; iris crimson.” 
30. Pycnonotus analis. 
Pycnonotus analis (Horsf.); Salvad. I, c. p. 197. 
“ No. 164. g . Sibu, 1874, Iris chocolate ; bill and legs 
black. Fruit in gizzard.” 
I am by no means certain that Philippine examples, P. 
goiavier (Scop.), are really distinct from the Malaccan and 
Bornean bird; for a Malaccan skin in the British Museum has 
the ear-coverts nearly as dark as in a Philippine bird. 
31. Pycnonotus pusillus, Salvad. 1. c. p. 200. 
a. “No. 18. c?. Puak, Upper Sarawak. Iris reddish 
orange; legs light brown.” 
