18. VllUMiOCICULA. 113 



Kei/ io the Sjiecies. 



a. Under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



a'. Lores and ring round the eye olive-yellowish ; 

 ear-coverts dark brown, scarcely lighter than 



the crown Jlaviventris, p. 113. 



h'. Lores grey ; ring round the eye white ; ear- 

 coverts paler and more ashy brown, lighter 



than the crown occidentalis, p. 11.3. 



h. Under tail-coverts light brown, edged with dull , •,• ^ • n. 



yellow . .! Ujramhrostns^^lU. 



'' j (jracihs, p. 115. 



1. CMorocichla flaviventris. 



Trichophorus ilaviventris, Sinitli, III. Zuol. S. Afr.y Aves, pi. 59 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 2G2. 

 Criuiger flaviventris, Gi-m/, Gen. B. i. p. 236; Fimch,J.f. O. 1867, 



p. 22 ; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 137 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 274, 



no. 4013; Sharpe, ed. LaijanVs B. S. Afr. p. 203 (pt.) ; Cib. 



J. f. O. 1878, p. 227 ; Fischer ^- Reichen. j'.f. 0. 1878, p. 200, 1879, 



p. "348. 



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

 darker brown than the back, the wing-covcrts resembling the latter ; 

 quills dark brown, externally edged with olive-brown, yellowish olive 

 on the primaries ; tail-feathers brown, narrowly edged with olivo- 

 brown ; lores and a ring round the eye dull yellowish olive ; ear- 

 coverts brown like the head, washed with olive ; checks and under 

 surface of body sulphur-yellow, washed with olive-green on the sides 

 of the breast, and more slightly with olive on the flanks ; under tail- 

 coverts yellow like the abdomen ; under wing-coverts bright yellow ; 

 quills light brown below, yellowish along the inner web ; " biU 

 horn-brown, base of lower mandible bluish grey ; feet leaden grey ; 

 iris reddish brown " (Fischer). Total length 8-2 inches, culmen 0-8o, 

 wing -4, tail 3'8, tarsus 0"9. 



Young. Appears to differ from the adult in being a little darker 

 in colour and in having a tint of safiron-yellow on the under surface, 

 especially on the under wing- and tail-coverts and the inner lining 

 of the quills. 



The Yellow-bellied Bulbul inhabits Eastern Africa, from Natal as 

 far north as Mombasa. 



a. S ad. sk. Island of Mombasa. Dr. J. M. Ilildebraudt [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Shupanga, Shire Kiver, Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



June 1802. 



c. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Durban, Natal (^F. Oates). ISlessrs. C. G. & W. Gates 



[P.]. 



2. Chlorocichla occidentalis. (Plate YIII.) 



Tricliophorus flaviventris (ncc Smith), Bocage, Jorn. Lish. 1868, 



p. 42 ; Gadini; J. f. O. 1870, p. 419. 

 Criuiger tlaviveutrii, 8harpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 130; id. CqL Afr. Bs 



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