21. Vl'CNONOTUS, 139 



edj^ing of white at the tip ; head rather darker brown than the 

 back, with lighter brown edges to the feathers, imparting a some- 

 what scaled appearance ; lores blackish ; round the eye a ring of 

 orange-yellow ; at the base of the nostril a longitudinal spot of 

 bright orange above the lores ; ear-coverts olive-yellow ; cheeks 

 and throat dark brown, slightly washed with yellow ; the fore neck 

 somewhat mottled, the feathers being brown with pale ashy mar- 

 gins ; rest of nnder surface of body white, washed with yellow, the 

 flanks washed with ashy brown ; thighs brown, washed with olive- 

 yellow ; nnder wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow or yellowish 

 white, the edge of the Aving brighter yellow ; quills dusky brown 

 below, yellowish white along the inner web. Total length 7" S inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 3*4, tail 3-5, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 

 7'7 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3-2, tail 3--1, tarsus 0'8. 



The Orange-spotted Bulbul is only known from the islands of 

 Java and Sumatra. 



a. Ad. sk. Java (Dr. Horsfield). India Museum. (Type 



of species. ) 



h. c? ad. sk. Java {Leiden Mu- F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



sewn). Esqvs. [P.]. 



c,d. S 9: ad. sk. W. Java. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. Ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



16. Pycnonotus xanthorrhous. 



Pvcnonotus xanthorrhous, Anderson, Pr. A. S. Bern/. 1869, p. 26) ; id. 

 'P.Z.S. 1871, p. 214; M/th <V Jfald. B. Burm. p. 135, note; 



Anders. E.rped. W. Yiin-nan, Zuol. p. 658. 

 Ixus andersoni, Swinh. Ann. ^ Macj. Nat. Hist. (4) v. p. 175. 

 Ixus xanthorrhous, Swinh. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 369; David i^'- Oustalei, 



Ois. Chine, p. 141, pi. 45. 



Adult male. General colour above brown, the wing-coverts 

 rather darker brown, margined with the same brown as the back ; 

 quills dark brown, with lighter brown edges, slightly tinged with 

 olive ; tail-feathers dark brown, the outer feathers with faint tips 

 of whity brown ; crown of head and nape glossy black, as also the 

 lores, feathers round the eye, and a stripe along the cheeks ; ear- 

 coverts and hinder ])art of checks brown : throat and underparts 

 white, with a band of brown across the chest ; sides of body also 

 brown ; thighs golden brown ; under tail-coverts golden yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts dark brown, those near the edge of the wing 

 washed with yellow ; axillaries pale fawn-brown ; quills daik 

 brown below, pale fawn-brown along the edge of the inner web ; 

 "bill black; feet blackish; iris hrovrn" {David). Total length 

 7"6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-05, tail 3'75, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 8-1 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-4, tail 3-'i, tarsus 0-75. 



Anderson's Yellow-vented iJulbul occurs throughout the mountaius 

 of China and the hills separating Yun-nan from liurmah. 



