132 TIMELIIDiE. 



the feathers ; crown of head and nape black, forming a well-defined 

 cap, the adjacent portions of the neck rather paler brown ; lores, fore 

 part of cheeks, region of the eye, and ear-coverts blackish, the rest 

 of the sides of the face and throat dark brown, shading off paler on 

 the fore neck and chest, which are earthy brown, very little darker 

 than the back ; rest of nnder surface white, the vent^feathers shaded 

 with yellow, the under tail-coverts bright yellow ; the plumes of the 

 lower throat edged with whitish, and the adjacent white plumes of 

 the breast with brown bases, the flanks also washed with pale 

 brown ; thighs whitish, washed with yellow, the hinder part brown ; 

 under wing-coverts very pale brown, washed with yellow, the edge 

 of the wing whitish ; the lower series of coverts ashy brown, edged 

 with greyish white ali>ng the inner web ; bill black ; legs black ; 

 iris brown. Total length 7'6 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3"7, tail 3-6, 

 tarsus 0*95. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but more dusky and much paler 

 brown ; the head not so blackish as in the adult, but the belly white. 

 In fact the bird may be described as being like the adult, and 

 having the colours distributed exactly in the same way ; but the 

 latter are everywhere much paler, and the margins to the coverts 

 and quills are rufous-brown. 



Monteiro's Yellow-vented Bulbul inhabits the Congo region in 

 "Western Africa, extending through Angola into Damara Land. 



a., b. Ad. sk. Congo. (Types of species.) 



c. Ad. sk. Congo. Commander Sperling [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Kabinda, Congo, August. Commander Sperling [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Angola {Hamilton). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 {/. 5 ad. sk. Capangombe, Nov. 1867 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{Anchieta). 



9. Pycnonotus layardi. 



Pycnonoius nigricans (nee V.), Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 318 ; Sperling, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 290 ; Finsch &,• Hartl. Toq. Ostafr. p. 297 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z.S. 187;3, p. 70; Shelki/, Ibis, 1875, p? 74; Boca(je, Orn. 

 Angola, p. 24:^. 



Pycnonotus tricolor {nee Hartl.), Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 23 ; Layard, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 229; Sharpe, ed. Layard' s B. S. Afr. p. 208. 



Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 390. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above light earthy 

 brown, somewhat more ashy brown on the hinder neck and sides of 

 neck ; lesser and median wing-covcrts like the back ; greater and 

 primary-coverts as well as the quills dark brown, margined with 

 lighter brown ; upper tail-coverts brown, with a slight tinge of olive 

 on the edges of the feathers ; tail-feathers dark brown, with paler 

 ends, broader on the external rectrices ; crown of head black, 

 forming a distinct cap ; lores, fore part of cheeks, and region of the 

 eye blackish ; ear-coverts dark chocolate-brown, as also the hinder 

 part of the cheeks ; throat and fore neck dark brown, the chin and 

 sides of the upper throat blackish ; remainder of under surface 



