68 TIMELIIDJE. 



On this species see Lord Tweeddalo's remarks (B. Burm. p. 136) 

 and Mr. Hume's notes (Str. Feath. 1878, vol. vi. p. 319). 



The Grcy-bcllied Bulbul is only known from Tipperah and 

 Burmah. 



4. Micropus phseocephalus. 



Brachypus poioceplialus, Jcrd. Madr, Journ. x. p. 246 ; td. Illust. Orn. 



pi. 31. 

 Ixus fisqiietii, Et/doux ^ Soideyet, Voy. Bonitt, Zool. p. 86, pi. 6 ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 260. 

 Brachvpodius poiocepLalus, Bhjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 576 ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 212 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 80 ; Hume, Str. F. 



1870, p. 98. _ 

 Pycnonotus poiocephalus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 237. 

 Pycnonotus tisquetii, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 237 ; id. Hund-l. B. i. p. 270, 



no. 3952. 

 Brachypus polioceplialus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 264. 

 Pycnonotus polioceplialus, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 271, no. 3976. 



Adult. General colour yellowish green, the wing-coverts like the 

 back ; greater coverts and quiUs blackish, externally yellowish 

 green like the back ; the innermost secondaries almost entirely of 

 the latter colour, the primary-coverts and primaries more narrowly 

 edged ; rump barred with black, the feathers black with paler 

 olive-yellow tips ; upper tail-coverts bluish grey washed with yel- 

 low, the long ones entirely grey ; centre tail-feathers bluish grey, 

 with olive-yellow margins, the remainder blackish tipped with 

 ashy grey and slightly edged with olive-yellow ; lores and forehead 

 clear olive-yellow ; crown of head and nape bluish grey ; feathers 

 round the eye and car-coverts olive-greenish, the latter washed with 

 grey ; fore part of cheeks olive-yellow, the hinder part grey like 

 the throat, which has a black chin-spot ; remainder of under surface 

 of body jellowish green ; the under tail-coverts grey ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pale yellow or yellowish white, the edge of 

 the wing yellowish green ; quills dusky below, white along the edge 

 of the inner web ; "bill greenish brown ; legs reddish yellow ; iris 

 bluish white " (Jerdon). Total length 6-4 inches, culmcn 0'6, 

 wing 2-8, tail 2*6, tarsus 0-65. (J/t(s. B. G. WardJaiv Ramsay.) 



The South-Indian Bnlbul is confined to the forests of the Malabar 

 coast, and is a rare bird in collections. 

 a. Ad, sk, Malabar. Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay. 



5, Micropus clialcoceplialus. 



Ixos chalcocephalus, Temm. PL Col. pi. 453. fig. L 

 Brachypus chnlcocephalus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 264. 

 Prosecusa chalcocephala, Cai. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 110, note. 

 Campephaga chalcocephala, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 338, no. 5112. 



Adult male. General colour above dark ashy grey ; the rump- 

 feathers black with grey 'ends, pi-oducing a barred appearance ; 

 upper tail-coverts paler grey than the back, with hoary white ends; 

 tail-feathers dark ashy grey tipped with white, before which is a 

 broad black band, the white endings broader on the outer feathers ; 



