52 TIMELIID.5. 



mcdiau wing-coverts dull reddish brown ; greater coverts and quills 

 dark brown, margined with yellowish olive, except on the primaries, 

 wliicli are edged with greyish white ; crown of head blackish brown, 

 faintly tinged with reddish ; forehead, cheeks, and region of the 

 eye dull chestnut ; ear-coverts brighter chestnut ; throat and centre 

 of the body white, including the thighs and under tail-coverts ; 

 foro neck and chest ashy grey, slightlj" washed with brown ; sides 

 of body also ashy grey, faintly washed with olive ; under wing- 

 coverts white, washed with yellow, the axillaries more strongly 

 tinged with yellow ; quills ashy brown below, whitish along the 

 edge of the inner web ; " bill black ; legs and claws brown ; iris 

 blood-chestnut " (E. SwinJioe). Total length S"l inches, culmen 

 0"9, wing 4*15, tail 3-7o, tarsus 0"75. 



The Chestnitt-backed Bulbul is confined to the island of Hainan. 



a, Ad. sk. Hainan, Feb. 1868. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Hemixus cinereus. (Plate II.) 



lole cinerea, Bbjth, J. A. S. Bene/, xiv. p. 573 {ex A. Hay, MS.) ; id. 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 339." 

 Trichophorus pulverulentus, .B/). Consj}. i. p. 202 (ex- 3Iiiller, MS. 



in 3Ius. Btiffd.)*. 

 Hemixus cinerea, Bh/th, Ibis, 1807, p. 7. 

 Criniger pulveruleutus. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 27-"), no. 4047. 

 lole terncolor, Hume, Str. F. 1^78, vol. vii. pp. 141, 401 ; id. Sir. F. 



1879, p. 62. 



Adult female. General colour above dark ashy brown, the head 

 much greyer than the back, the feathers being pointed with ashy 

 margins ; wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with the same ashy 

 grey as the back ; tail-feathers brown, with ashy-grey margins ; 

 ear-coverts pale brown, as also the hinder part of the checks ; lores 

 and fore part of cheeks du.sky blackish ; throat white, as also the 

 centre of the body, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; fore 

 neck, breast, and sides of body light ashy brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, sliglitly tinged with yellow ; quills 

 dark brown below, whitish along the inner web ; " bill black ; feet 

 dusky ; iris red " {A. H. Wallace, MS.). Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 0"8, wing 3'S, tail 3-4. tarsus 0-65. 



The Cinereous Bulbul appears to be a rare bird even iii Malacca 

 and Sumatra, where alone the bird is known from at present. 



a. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Pm-chased. 



b. § ad. sk. Momit Oplnr, Malacca, A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



2000 feet. 



6. Hemixus malaccensis. 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 574, xv. p. 51 ; 

 'Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 238 ;' Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 207 ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 261 ; 3foore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 280 ; Horsf. ^^ 



* Type examined iu the Leiden Museum. 



