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yellower than the head, the eyebrow rather paler also ; eyelid yel- 

 low ; sides of face green, washed with blue in the region of the 

 eye ; ear-coverts washed with golden yeUow ; at the base of the 

 cheeks a small spot of greenish blue ; under surface of body light 

 green, inclining to yellowish green in the centre of the breast and 

 abdomen ; the throat very faintly washed with bluish ; under wing- 

 coverts ashy, washed with bluish green, brighter near the edge of 

 the wings ; axillaries pale green, like the breast ; quills ashy below, 

 lighter along the edge of the inner web. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-7, wing 2-9, tail 2'3, tarsus 0-65. 



Touncj male. Similar to the adult female, but with more of a 

 golden shade on the head and nape, the primaries much brighter 

 blue ; under surface green, with signs of black appearing on the 

 moustache. 



The Golden-headed Green Bulbul is found plentifully in the 

 Malayan peninsula, ranging as far as Province WeUesley. It is 

 also frequent in Sumatran collections. 



India Museum [P.]. 



Capt. StackhousePinwill 



[P-]- 

 W. Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 

 A. R.Wallace,Esq.[C.]. 

 Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw 



Ramsav. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 Purchased. 



12. Chloropsis viridinucha. (Plate I.) 



Phyllomis icterocephala (ncc Less.), Salvad. Ucc. Bm-n. p. 195. 

 Phylloruis viridiuucba, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 15 ; Tweedd. t. c. p. .305 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1878, p. 414. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dark grass- 

 green, the wing-coverts a little deeper green than the back, Avith a 

 subterminal shade of deep blue ; a very conspicuous shoulder-spot 

 of very rich deep cobalt, formed by the lesser series of coverts ; 

 bastard wing- and primary-coverts deep ultramarine-blue ; quills 

 blackish, externally ultramarine, the secondaries bluish green, 

 edged with dark green, the inner secondaries entirely dark green ; 

 tail dark blue, slightly shaded with green on the margins of the 

 feathers, the inner webs of which are dusky, the centre tail-feathers 

 greener than the others : frontal plumes and fore part of croAvn 

 bright yellow, shading into green on the occiput and nape, the hind 

 neck being like the back ; lores, anterior margin of eyelid, feathers 

 below the eye, cheeks, and throat black, with a very faintly indi- 

 cated moustachial spot of deep violet at the base of the lower man- 

 dible ; hinder part of cheeks bright yellow, this colour extending 

 from behind the eye across the ear-coverts down the sides of the 

 neck, skirting the black throat and occupying the chest, which is 

 bright yellow ; remainder of under surface of body emerald-green, 



