66 TIMELIID^, 



as also the secondaries, the innermost very broadly margined and 

 tipped with bright yellow ; crown of head, entire sides of head, and 

 entire throat metallic green with a purple shade ; remainder of 

 under surface olive-yellow, bright yellow in the centre of the body, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries 

 bright yellow ; quills dusky brown below, whitish along the edge of 

 the inner web ; " bill black ; legs dark brown ; iris pale cobalt " 

 (B. G. Wardlnw Hamsay, MS.). Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 

 0-6, wing 3-05, taU 2-65^ tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Legs plumbeous 

 or dark plumbeous, the bill black, the inside of the mouth pale 

 plumbeous blue, the iridcs clear pale blue. (Hume.) Total length 

 6-7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-05j tail 2-75, tarsus 0-5. {Alus. E. G. 

 Wardlaw Haynsat/.) 



The Black-headed Eulbul ranges from Dacca and Tipperah, 

 through Tenasserim and the Malaj' peninsiila, to Java, Sumatra, 

 Borneo, and the Philippine island of Palawan. It is not known to 

 be migratory. 



«. Ad. sk. Tenasserim. J. CD. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Malacca {Dr. Cantor). India Museum. 



e. S ad. sk. Malacca. A. R. WaUace, Esq. [C.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Malacca. India Museum. 



(/. Ad. sk. Malacca. W. Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Malacca. Eyton Collection. (Type 



of Ixos metallicus, Eyton.) 

 i. Var. alb. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



A-. Ad. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



/. Ad. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C]. 



(Type of JBrachi/podins rmmanduttis, Sharpe.) 

 m, n. Ad. sk. Sumatra {Raffles). India ^luseimi. 



o. S ad. sk. West Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



p. Ad. sk. West Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C]. 



q. Ad.sk. West Java (^.-R. TF«/^ace). F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 »". (S ad. sk. Java {Leiden Museum). F. Godman and O. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 s. A A. st. Java. 



t,u. Ad.sk. Labuan Island. Hugh Low, Esq. [CI. 



V. c? ad. sk. Sibu, Sarawak. Alfred Everett, Esq. [C]. 



2. Micropus fasciflavescens. 



Brachvpodius melanocephalus {nee Gm.), Ball, J. A. S. Beng. xli. 



pt. 2, 1872, p. 284 ; id. Str. F. 1873, p.-71. 

 Brach-vpodius fuscotiavescens, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 297; TValden, 



Ibis, 1873, p. 306 ; mime, Str. F. 1874, p. 224 ; id. Str. F. 1879, 



p. 98. 



Adult male (S. Andaman, March 28, 1873; E. G. Wardlaw 

 Eamsay). General colour above olive-yellow, the wing-coverts like 

 the back, the edges of the greater series rather brighter yellow ; 

 quills dusky brown, externally olive-yellow, brighter on the secon- 

 daries, the innermost of which are almost entirely of the latter 



