6. HEJiixus. 49 



b". Back brownish grey; crown blackish 



brown hihhhratuUi, p. 50. 



b' . Back warm brown ; crown rich warm brown davisoni, p. 51. 

 c'. Back chestnut, as also the ear-coverts ; 



crown blackish brown castanonotus, p. 51. 



. No brig-ht yellow on the wings, which are 



scarcely' lighter than the back. 

 d'. No white streaks on tlie under surface .... cinereus, p. 52. 

 e' . Under surface of body streaked with white. 

 c". Chin, throat, and breast ashy, obscurely 



streaked with white inalaccensis, p. 52. 



d" . Throat whitish, washed with olive- 

 yellow ; fore neck and breast olive-green, 

 broadly streaked with white virescens, p. 53. 



1. Hemixus flavala. 



Hemixus flavala, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pis. 190,191. 

 fig. 2 ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 38 ; id. J. A. S. Bemj. xiv. p. 572 ; 

 Gray, Cut. Mamm. i^-c. Nepal pres. Hodys., App. '^. 154; Bli/fh, Cat. 

 B. Aliis. As. Soc. p. 207 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 2(51 ; Horsf. i^- 3Ioore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E.L Co. i. p. 250 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 80 • Blyth, Ibis, 

 18G7, p. 7 ; Bi(li/er, Ibis, 1869, p. 165 ; Godw.-Austen, J. A. S. B. 

 xxxix. p. 106 ; ' Blyfh, B. Burin, p. 1-33 ; Hume, Str. F. 1877, 

 p. Ill; Anders. Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 657; Hume, Str. F. 

 1879, p. 98 ; Scully, torn. cit. p. 295. 



Hemipus flavula, Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 90. 



Pycnonotus flavulus, Gray ^- Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 237, pi. 59. 



Pycnonotus flavala, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 270. 



Head of Hemixus flavala, to show the pointed form of crest-plumes and 

 the nuchal hairs. 



Adult. General colour slaty grey, the feathers with a concealed 

 subtcrminal shade of brown (generally in worn specimens) ; lesser, 

 median, and inner greater wing-coverts grey like the back, but a 

 little darker ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts and quills dark 

 brown, the outer greater coverts and the secondaries externally 

 olive-yellow, forming a longitudinal band down the wing, the pri- 

 maries only slightly edged with dull yellow on the outer web ; tail- 

 feathers dark brown, washed with olive-yellow near the base of the 

 outer webs : head like the rest of the back, but crested, the feathers 

 pointed ; lores dusky ; ear-coverts bronzy brown ; feathers below the 

 eye and cheeks black ; throat, centre of the body, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts white ; chest and fore neck, as well as the sides of the 

 body and thighs, ashy grey; under wing-coverts and axUlaries 



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