the District of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. 307 
Pycnonotus brunneus, Blyth, t. c. p. 568, $ , “ Malacca.” 
Brachypus modestus , A. Hay; Blyth, t. c. p. 568, ■? , “ Ma¬ 
lacca.” 
The single example in Mr. Buxtoffls collection is passing 
from the brown plumage of the immature B. brunneus to the 
greener plumage of the adult. Count Salvadori ( t . c . p. 199) 
states that the brown birds are females and young males, 
while the adult males are distinguished by the green colour¬ 
ing of the wings and tail. In a large series of the species, 
with sexes ascertained by dissection, and collected at Ma¬ 
lacca by Mr. W. Bamsay, I find females fully as green in 
plumage as males. An example collected by Mr. Maingay 
at Malacca, with green wings and tail, is marked by that 
collector as being a female; and he was a most competent 
authority. A large series from Java consists of examples 
undistinguishable from Malaccan. Labuan individuals also 
belong to the same species. 
Pycnonotus pusillus , Salvadori (t. c. p. 200) seems to be 
the bird described by Moore under the title of Microtarsus 
olivaceus (Cat. E.I. C. Mus. i. p. 249), ex Malacca, where 
it is not uncommon. I have compared Bornean examples 
and can detect no difference. 
82. Brachypodius melanocephalus. 
Lanius melanocephalus , Gm. S. N. i. p. 309. no. 51 (1788). 
Turdus melanocephalus, Raffles, t. c. p. 310, “Sumatra” 
(1820)., 
Brachypodius immaculatus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 39, “Sibu, 
Borneo.” 
Identical with Malaccan and Bornean individuals; all the 
rectrices with a dark transverse band. B. immaculatus , 
Sharpe, cannot be separated. 
83. IoLE OLIVACEA. 
Iole olivacea, Blyth, J. A. S.B. 1844, p. 386, “Malacca.” 
A single Sumatran example of a bird was obtained by Mr. 
Buxton, which agrees well with the Malaccan form I refer to 
Iole olivacea, Blyth. 
