Phylloruis jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 392, xiv. p. 566 ; 

 id. Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 212 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 396 ; Layard, 

 Ann. Xat. Hist. xii. p. 176 (1843 ) ; Horsf. is- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. 

 Co. i. p. 259 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xiii. ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 97 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 277, no. 4072 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 45t ; 

 Ball. Str. F. 1874, p. 410 ; Hinne, Nests ^- E()c,s Ind. B. p. 294 ; 

 Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 259; id. Str. F. 1877, p. 406; Ball, 

 torn. cit. p. 417 ; Davison ^- Wenden, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 82 ; 

 Ball, torn. cit. p. 215 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, viii. p. 99 ; Legge, B. of 

 Ceylon, p. 483. 



Phyllornis casmarhriiclius. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 124. 



Chloropsis jerdoni, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. pt. 2, p. 124; id. III. Ind. 

 Orn. pi. 43. 



Adult male. General colour above light grass-green, the head dull 

 yellow, gradually shading into the green of the occiput and nape, 

 which approaches emerald-green in shade ; wing-coverts green like 

 the back, the median series washed with bluish green, the lesser 

 coverts bright turcjuoise-blue, showing a conspicuous shoulder-patch ; 

 quills blackish brown, externally green, the primaries yellow towards 

 the tips of the outer webs ; inner secondaries entirely green ; tail- 

 feathers green; eyelid dull yellow, except on its anterior edge, 

 which is black, like the lores ; feathers below the eye, cheeks, and 

 throat black ; ear-coverts di;ll yellow, with an ochraceous shade, 

 separated from the black throat by a band of dull yellow, which 

 extends from behind the eye down the sides of the neck onto the 

 lower throat, where it forms a gorget ; a conspicuous moustachial 

 streak of violet-cobalt on the fore part of the cheeks ; remainder of 

 under surface emerald-green, deeper green on the sides ; under wing- 

 coverts and axiUaries green, with ashy-grey bases ; edge of wing 

 emerald-green ; quills ashy brown below, lighter along the inner 

 webs ; " bill blackish ; legs and feet pale bluish, milky blue, or pale 

 lavender; iris brown or pale brown" ( Vincent Legge). Total length 

 7"8 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-45, tail 3, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the black throat, 

 the latter being pale turquoisine blue ; the fore part of the cheeks 

 brighter tm-quoise ; lores and feathers round the eye dull yeUow, as 

 well as a broad streak running from the hinder part of the cheeks down 

 the side of the neck to the lower throat, where it forms an indistinct 

 gorget ; ear-coverts dull ochraceous yellow, like the crown. Total 

 length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3-35, tail 2-8, tarsus Q-To. 



Jerdon's Green Bulbul occurs throughout the greater part of 

 India, but does not extend to Lower Bengal or the sub-Himalayan 

 districts. It is also found nearl)- all over Ceylon. 



a,b.S9- ad. sk. Bengal. India Museum [P.]. 



c. S *id. sk. Travancore. Major Biddulph [CI. 



d,e, f.S,0-2 ad. sk. :\radras. Eev. H. H. Baber [P.]. 



h. S inim. sk. Madras. Rev. H. II. Baber LP.1. 



i. (S ad. ; k. S juv. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



