lOS TIMELIID^. 



found to have a j-ellow moustache, bordered hj very dark cheeks ; this 

 latter is a very strong feature. I believe that the Museum contains 

 both old and j-oung — the immature birds throughout the dull-coloured 

 Andropadi appearing to resemble the adults in general appearance, 

 but al-ways having paler bills and legs, and having also more or less 

 reddish-brown wings. In all the specimens examined I have not 

 yet found an absolute transition between the yellow-streaked birds 

 and A. vlrens, although the moustache is often more plainly marked 

 in some birds than it is in others. As, however, moustached birds 

 with both black and light-coloured bills are represented in the 

 series, I believe that it is right to admit A. latirostris as a distinct 

 species. 



The question of the typical specimen may now be considered 

 settled, as in a recent acquisition of birds from Mr. T. C. Eyton's 

 collection one of the skins is marked " original specimen." 



The Moustached Bulbul is an inhabitant of the West-African 

 forests, from the Gambia to the Congo. 



a. Imm. sk. Fantee {Governor R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Ussher). 



b. Ad., c,d. Juv. sk. Fantee {Auhinn). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 e. Imm. sk. Gaboon {DuChaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



/. Juv. sk. Gaboon. P. B. DuChaillu, Esq. [C.]. 



(/. Ad. sk. Fernando Po (i. Eyton Collection. (Type 



Fraser). of species.) 



h. Imm.sk, Landana, Congo. MM. Lucan and Petit [C.]. 



2. Andropadus importunus. 



L'lmportim, Zeiaill. Ois. dAfr. iii. p. 41, pi. lOG. fig. 2. 



Turdus importunus, VieUl. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 266 {e.v 



LevaUL). 

 Turdus clamosus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 197 {ex LeraUL). 

 Polyodon importunus, Lufr. Mar/, de Zool. 1832, Ois. pi. 4 ; Less. 



Iter. Zool. 1840, p. 136. ' 

 Andropadus faiuiliaris, Sivattis. Classif. B. ii. p. 21. 

 Andropadus vociferus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 228. 

 Tiichophorus brachj^odoides, Jard. ^- Selhy, III. Orn. iii. pi. 128. 

 Andropadus importmuis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 2-36 ; Bp. Cuvsp. i. 



p. 261 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Tli. i. p. 112 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 29 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 276, no. 4053 ; S/iarpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22 ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 75 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 204. 

 Griniger importunus, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 137. 



Adult male. General colour above olive-green, the head a little 

 darker and more olive-brown ; wing-coverts like the back ; greater 

 coverts and quills dusky brown, externally edged with the same 

 olive-green as the back ; a little yellower on the margin of the pri- 

 maries : tail-feathers olive-brown, washed with olive-green on the 

 margins ; lores a little lighter olive ; sides of face and ear-coverts 

 slightly darker olive-brown, like the head ; throat and under surface 

 of body olive-yellowish, duller olive and greener on the breast, sides 

 of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and 



