50 TTMELIIDJE. 



white, the latter washed with yellow ; quills duskj- browu below, 

 whitish along the inner web ; "bill black ; feet dusky" {J. Scully); 

 "irides dark brown" (Jerdon), "dark reddish brown" (Sculh/). 

 Total length 7-2 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-So, tail 3-55, tarsus 0-75. 

 In Lieut. "Wardlaw Eamsay's collection are some specimens from 

 the Khasia hills, procured by Mr. A. W. Chennell, which appear to be 

 in every way identical with Himalayan examples. The measurements 

 of the sexes are as follows : — 



Total 

 length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. in. 



a. c7 . Khasia hills 8-0 0-8 3-85 3-45 0-7 



6. 5 . „ „ 7-0 0-75 3-65 3-35 0-7 



In plumage the sexes appear to be similar. 



The Erown-eared Bulbul inhabits the Himalayas at a height of 

 from 3000 to 4000 feet, from between Simla and Mussoorie east- 

 wards to Bootan and apparently to the head of the Assam vallej'. 

 It is also found in the Khasia hills, and the Kakhj^en hills in Burmah. 



a, b. Ad. sk. N.W. Ilimalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



c-ff. Ad. sk. Nepal. " B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 



/i. Ad. sk. Xepal (B. H. Nodi/son). India Museum. 



i. Ad. sk. Bootan {Pemberfoii). India Museum. 



A;. Ad. sk. Khasia hUls, Nov. 187G Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsav. 



(A. jr. Chennell). 



I. Ad. sk. Ponsee, Kakhven hills, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



April 1868." 



2. Hemixus hildebrandti. 

 Hemixus hildebrandi, Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 508 ; Walden, in BlytKs 

 B. Burm. p. 133 ; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. HI ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 98. 

 Hemixus brunneiceps, Walden. 



Adult female (type of Hemixus hrunneiceps, Walden : Karen hills, 

 2000 feet, Jan. 10, 1875 ; R. G. Wardlaw Kamsay). General colour 

 above dark ashy grey, washed with brown on the back ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail brown, the feathers edged with dull olive-yellow, the 

 tail-feathers white along the inner web ; wing-coverts blackish 

 brown, the median series slightly, the greater coverts and quiUs 

 broadly margined externally with yellow, imparting a yellow aspect 

 to the wing, the primaries hoary grey towards the ends of the outer 

 webs ; crown of head and nape blackish brown : lores, feathers below 

 the eye, and the fore part of the cheeks black ; the hinder part of the 

 checks grey like the sides of the neck ; ear-coverts light earthy brown, 

 with an ashy-brown lustre, contrasting with the adjacent parts ; 

 throat white, as also the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; 

 fore neck, breast, and sides of body ashy grey ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, faintly washed with yellow ; quills dusky brown 

 below, white along the inner webs ; " bill black ; legs light brown 

 or ])inkish brown ; iris lake or lake-brown " (R. G. Wardlaw liamsaif, 

 MS.). Total length 7'o inches, culmen 0'75, wing 3-9, tail 3'65, 

 tarsus 0"G. (J/«s. Wardlaiv liamsaij.) 



