138 TIMELIID.^. 



eye, fore part of cheeks, and chin hhitk : rcvnaiuder of throat and 

 car-coverts white ; fore neck, breast, and sides of .body pale ashy 

 brown, the centre of the abdomen white ; vent and imder tail- 

 coverts bright yellow ; thighs light ashy brown, like the Hanks ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillarics pale ashy brown, with whity- 

 brown margins ; quills brown below, ashy along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " irides brown or dark red " (//. 0. Forbes). Total 

 length 8 inches, culmcn 0-8, wing 3-G, tail 3*45, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult feiucde. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 8-3 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-6, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-85. 



The nestlinc/ reproduces the colouiing of the adult, but has the 

 under tail-coverts only faintly tinged Avith yellow. The general 

 coloration is everywhere paler, the upper surface more uniform, 

 and the cap of not such a deep black. {F. NicJiohon.) 



The Gold-vented Bulbul is apparently confined to the island of 

 Java. 



a, b. 9 ad. sk. Java {Leiden 3Iuseum). F. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c, d. Ad. sk. W. jRxa(K a Burton). F. Nicholson, Esq. fP.]. 



e. 5 ad. sk. W.Java. A. E. Wallace, Esq. rCJ. 



/. cJad.sk. E.Java. A.R.Wallace,Esq.[C.]. 



ff. Ad. sk. Java. Pm-chased. 



h. Ad. St. Java. J. Gould, Esq. 



14. Pycnonotus germaini. 

 Ixus gerniaiui, Oustcdet, Bid!. Soc. Phdoni. Paris (7), ii. p. 54 (1878). 



Adidt. Very similar to P. crocorrhous, Strickl., but distinguished 

 by its uniform back, which is not mottled with black centres to the 

 ■ feathers, its duller black head, and especially by the black on the 

 throat, which is confined to the chin and the sides of the upper 

 throat, not extending down so far as in the Java bird. Total 

 length 7 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-5, tail 3-1, tarsus 0*7. (Mus. 

 Paris.) 



The type was a younger bird, rather duller in colour, with a 

 browner head. 



Germain's Bulbul is as yet only known from the mountains of 

 Laos, Cambodia. 



15. Pycnonotus bimaculatus. 



Turdus bimaculatus, Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 147. 



Lanius bimaculatus, Less. Cent. Zool. pi. 7o. 



Hsematoruis bimaculatus, Sirains. I'aim. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 485. 



Pycnonotus bimaculatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Berx/.xiv.Tp. -^iGT ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 287 ; Horsf. l<f Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. Co. i. p. 244 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. \. p. 26'J, no. 3041. 

 Braclnpus bimaculatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 26.3. 



Adult male. General colour above brown, strongly shaded with 

 ^ ellowish olive ; wing-coverts brown, as also the quills, all mar- 

 gined externally with yellowish olive ; tail brown, with olive- 

 yellow margins to the feathers, the outermost having a narrow 



