96 TTMKLIIDJE. 



b'. Upper tail-covei'ts reddish, coutrastini,' -nith 

 the back, but resembling- the tail, which is 

 reddish brown or chestnut. 

 c". Larfrer; wing 3-Uo-4-45 inches. 



/'"'. Throat yellow, as also the rest of the 



under surface; loral spot yellow si/ndacfi/hi, -p. 101. 



ff'". Throat white or butly white ; breast 

 jellowish white, washed with brown 

 on the chest and Hanks ; head a little 

 givyer than the back, which is pale oli- 



yaceous .^candens, p. 102. 



d". Smaller; ■\\-ing 27 inches : throat white ; 

 head greyish, contrasting with the dark 



oli-ve-green back -. albifjularis, p. 103. 



h. Tail with the outer feathers white, tipped with 



brown indicator, p. 103. 



c. Tail with the outer feathers broadly tipped 



with white, the basal half with brown leucopleura, p. 104. 



d. Tail with large yellow spots on the inner webs 



of the outer feathers. 

 c'. Loral spot yellow ; head uniform with the 



back, which is dark oliye-green notata, p. 105. 



d'. Loral spot white ; head giey, contrasting 



with the oliye-green back canicapilla, p. 105. 



1. Xenocichla ict erica. 



Criniger ictericus, Sfrickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1844, xiii. p. 411 ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 236 ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 123 ; Layard, Ann. Nat. 



Hist. 1854, (2) xiii. p. 124; Jerdon, B. Ind. ii.p. 82; Gratf, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 274, no. 4023 ; Holdmc. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 450 ; Hume, 



Nest J- Pffr/s, p. 282 ; Legye, Ibis, 1874, p. 20, 1875, p. 396 ; Bonrd. 



Sir. F. 1876, p. 800 ; Le'qqe, B. Ceylon, p. 472 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1877, 



p. 405 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 61." 

 Trichas icterica, Cab. Arch.f. Naturg. 1847, p. 349. 

 Pycnonotus ictericus, BtytJi,'j. A. S. Beng. 1844, xiy. p. 570. 

 Hemixus icterica, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 207 : //. S,- M. Cat. 



B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 250 ; Bih Consp. i. p. 261. 



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

 the back ; quiUs dark brown, externally oliye-yelloAV like the back, 

 the innermost secondaries almost entirely of the latter colour ; tail- 

 feathers dull olive-yellow, dusky along the inner webs and towards 

 the tips ; lores, a narrow eyebrow, and feathers round the eye bright 

 yellow; ear-coverts yellow, slightly shaded with olive; cheeks and 

 under surface of body bright yellow, washed with olive on the sides 

 of the breast ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries bright yellow ; 

 quills light brown below, yellow along the inner webs ; " bill black; 

 legs and feet bluish leaden or dusky slutish; iris red or light red " 

 (Lcf/r/e). Total length 7'4 inches, culmcn 0-75, wing 3-45, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Obs. The female, according to Capt. Legge, is a little smaller, and 



