174 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



upper part of the breast; the chin and under parts are 

 yellow, and on the middle of the wing is a patch of bright 

 chestnut brown ; the bill is orange, the eye full and black 

 and the legs and feet yellowish grey. 



THE BULBULS. 

 The following is an enumeration of the Indian species: — 

 Fami ly — PycnonotidcB. 



Genus — 1. Pycnonotus. P. pycEus. Black Bulbul. 



P. leucotis. White-eared 



Bulbul. 

 P. leucogenys. White-cheeked 



Bulbul. 

 P. jocosus. Red-eared Bul- 



bul. 

 P. hamorrJioHS. Red- vented 

 Bulbul. 



2. Hcniixos. H. fiavula. Brown -eared 



Bulbul. 



3. Hypsipctes. H. viaclellayidi. Rufous-bellied 



Bulbul. 



4. Phyllornis. P. aurifrons. Malabar Green 



Bulbul. 

 P. Jiardivicki. Blue-winged 



Green Bulbul. 



Black Bulbul. — The head, which is sub-crested, is of a 

 <lcep black, while the body and wings are dark ashen gre}' ; 

 the tips of the primaries and the tail feathers are black ; 

 the under surface is dull grey ; the abdomen and vent 

 paler ; and the under tail coverts have a white border 

 each. The bill and the legs and feet are red. The total 

 length is 11 inches, 4] of which are taken up by the tail. 

 The sexes are alike in outward appearance. 



