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colour ; lower back, rump, aud upper tail-coverts brighter yellow, 

 ■with an appearance of black bands across the rump, the feathers of 

 which are black, with broad golden-yellow ends ; tail-feathers dull 

 olive-ycUow, with bright yellow tips, before which is a subterminal 

 black shade ; bead dull olive, with an oily greenish gloss, not di- 

 stinct enough to form a regular cap ; lores, a narrow eyebrow, and 

 the sides of the head and neck, as well as the lower throat and 

 fore neck, dull olive-green ; throat dull glossy purple ; remainder of 

 under surface of body bright yellow, as likewise the under wing- 

 coverts and axiUaries ; quills dusky brown below, yellowish along 

 the edge of the inner web ; " bill greenish slate-colour ; iris bluish 

 white " (E. G. Wcn-dlaw Banimy, MS.). Total length 6'3 inches, 

 culmen 0-65, wing 3, taU 2*7, tarsus 0-6. {Mus. li. G. Wardlaw 

 Mamsa}/.) 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Legs and feet 

 plumbeous ; bill in some plumbeous blue, the upper mandible 

 tipped aud edged with black, in others nearly all blackish, but 

 paler and bluer at the base ; irides pale blue. {Hume.) Total 

 length 7 inches, culmen 0*05, wing 3-1, tail 3, tarsus 0*6. (Mits. 

 R. G. Wardlaw liamsaif.) 



The Andaman Black-headed Bulbul is confined to the forests of 

 the Andaman Islands, where it is resident. 



a. 2 ad. sk. South Andamans, Aug. 11, B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



1873 {Capt. Wimberley). 



3. Micropus cinereiventris. 



Brachypodius cinereiventris, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 576; Wald. 



B. Burm. p. 136 ; Hume, Str. F. 1878, p. 319, 1879, p. 98. 

 Brachypus cinereiventris, Bp. Cviisp. i. p. 2G4. 

 Pycnonotus cinereiventris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 271, no. 3975. 



Adult male (Tonghoo, Nov. 6th, 1874 ; R. G. "Wardlaw Eamsay). 

 General colour above olive-yellow, the rump varied with black bars, 

 the feathers being black at the base, tipped with bright yellow ; 

 upper tail-coverts bright olive-yellow ; tail-feathers olive-yellow, 

 tipped with bright yellow, before which is a broad black baud ; 

 wing-coverts olive-yellow, the greater coverts brighter yellow on the 

 margins ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, the primaries nar- 

 rowly edged with yellow, the secondaries more broadly, especially 

 the innermost, which are entirely yellow on the outer webs ; hind 

 neck and mantle slaty grey, the latter slightly washed with yellow ; 

 head all round, including the sides of the face and throat, black, 

 with a green or pui^ilish lustre ; sides of the neck and under surface 

 of body slaty grey, the lower abdomen paler and washed with 

 yellow ; lower flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow ; quills dusky blackish 

 below, white along the edge of the inner web. Total length 6-7 

 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-15, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-6. (Mus. E. C 

 Wardlaw Eams'nj.) 



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