4. HIl'SIPETES. 43 



which extends on to the nape ; lesser wing-coverts like the back 

 the median and greater series as well as the primary-coverts and 

 quills brown, edged narrowly with fulvous brown, the inner secon- 

 daries with grey ; tail-feathers brown, narrowly edged with ashy 

 grey ; lores blackish ; ear-coverts chestnut ; checks and throat 

 hoary grey, with whitish tips to the lanceolate feathers ; fore neck 

 and breast ashy brown, the sides of the latter slaty grey, the feathers 

 mottled with white spots at their ends ; lower abdomen whitish ; 

 sides of body reddish brown, mottled with white tips to the feathers 

 like the breast, but smaller ; thighs brown ; under tail-coverts 

 brown, broadly edged with white ; under wing-coverts fawn-colour, 

 the axillaries fulvous brown ; quills ashy brown below, pale fawn- 

 colour along the edges of the inner webs ; " bill black ; legs and 

 feet purplish brown ; iris dark hazel " {Henrji Whitely). °Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-2o, tail 5, 'tarsus 0-9. 



A pair in Lieut. AVardlaw Eamsay's collection, shot by Mr. Henry 

 Whitely at Hakodadi, measure as follows : — 



Total length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



i"- ill- in. in. in. 

 o. c? • Hakodadi, May 4, 



1«<!5 11-0 1-2 5-1 4-9 0-85 



h. 5 . Hakodadi; May 5, 



1865 10-4 1-1 5-0 4-S 0-85 



The Red-eared Bulbul is found in Japan, where it is not uncom- 

 mon, and also occurs on the mountaius of Eastern China, though 

 whether it is a migrant to the latter locality is not yet known-, 'it 

 likewise inhabits the island of Eonin. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Yokohama, Feb. 21, 1870 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



{C'apt. Conrad). 



b, c. Ad. sk. Japan. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Japan. C. Maries, Esq. [C. 



e. Ad. St. Japau. Leiden Museum. 



8. Hypsipetes virescens. 



Ixocincla virescens, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 675 (nee Ixus 



virescens, Tvmm.). 

 Hypsipetes virescens, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. pp. 51, 370: id Cat 



B. Mm. As. 8oc.^. 207; Bp. Consp. i. p. 261. ^ ' ' 

 Hypsipetes nicobarieusis, Moore in llorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. i. p. 257 («(/«(. emend.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i p •^7'> no' 



3986; Ball, Str. F. 1873, p. 70; Hume, 8tr. F. 1874, pf 223. ' 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive greenish, the least 

 ■« iiig-covcrts like the back : median and gi-eater coverts and quills 

 brown, externally edged with olive-greenish, the extreme mai-gins 

 of the feathers rather paler ; tail-feathers brown, narrowly edged 

 with the colour of the back ; head and nape dusky brown, con- 

 trasting with the back and forming an indistinct cap, very faintly 

 washed with olive ; lores dusky ; ear-coverts, sides of the neck, and 

 hinder part of cheeks dusky ash-colour, with a very faint tinge of 



