21. PYCNOxoirs. 147 



Eur. i. p. 475 ; Schl. Rev. Git. p. xlii ; Degl. 8f Oerhe, Oni. Ear. 



i. p. 390. 

 Ilajiuatornis lugubris, Less. Bev. Zool. 1840, p. 08. 

 Ixus iiioruatus, Eraser, P. Z. 8. 1843, p. 27 ; Allen Sf Thomps. Exp. 



Ni(/er, ii. p. 496 j Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 88 ; Sharpv, Ibis, 1870, 



p. 474. 

 Pycnonotus obscurus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 227 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 



As. Soc. p. 209 ; Einscll 8f Ilurtl. Voy. Ostafr. p. 298 ; Reichen. 

 J.f. O. 1875, p. 32. 

 Pycnonotus iiioruatus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 237 ; Fiiisch ^- Hartl. Viiy. 



Ostufr. p. 299. 

 Ixus aslianteiis, Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 206; J. S,- E. Verr. Rev. et Maq. de 



Zool. 1851, p. 271 ; Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 132; J. Verr.'Rcv. 



et May. de Zool. 1855, p. 416; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 88; id. J.f. 



O. 186], p. 107; S/iarpe, Ibis, 1809, p. 187. 

 Pycnouotus asLanteus, J. JV. von Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 394 ; Grau, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 209, no. 3927 ; Fimch Sf Hartl. Voy. Ostafr. 



p. 299. 

 Ixus bai'batus, Loche, E.vpl. Alyerie, Ois. i. p. 288 ; Irby, B. Gihr. 



p. 70. 

 Pycnonotus barbatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 208, no. 3920 ; Sharpc, 



P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 131, pi. vii. fig. 3 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 23 ; Dresser, 



B. Eur. pt. xxsix. 



AiluJt male (Kef Laks, April 27, 1S57 ; 0. Sahin ). General colour 

 above earthy brown, the wing-coverts like the back ; quills darker 

 brown, narrowl}' edged with lighter browu, the inner secondaries 

 like the back ; tail dark brown, faintly tipped with ashy brown on 

 the outer feathers ; crown of head rather darker brown than the 

 back ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of face dark brown ; the lores, 

 region round the eye, and base of lower mandible blackish ; throat 

 dark brown, inclining to blackish at the base of the chin ; fore neck 

 and rest of under surface light ashy brown, somewhat darker browu 

 on the flanks and tliighs ; abdomen and under tail-eoverts white, 

 with a faint tinge of yellow on the latter ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries light ashy brown like the breast ; quills dark brown below, 

 ashy along the edge of the inner web ; bLll and feet black ; iris dark 

 brown. Total length 8 inches, culmeu Q-S, wing 4-05, tail 3-8, 

 tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 7'o 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-8, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-85. 



Nestling. Brown like the adult, but paler : below asliy whitish ; 

 the head scarcely darker brown than the back. 



Ohs. Since I wrote my remarks on the African Bulbuls (P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 131) I have examined a good many more specimens, and 

 I now think it would be a great mistake to continue to keep P. 

 r/al'onensis with the yellow-vented Bulbuls. It is, in fact, nothing 

 but a race of P. larhatits, and some of the specimens from the 

 Niger and Abeokuta approach it in the dark coloration of the 

 head and throat. The yellow tinge on the ujider tail-coverts is 

 often seen on P. harbatiis, though not so pronoitnced as in Gaboon 

 specimens. 



The White-venlcd Bulbul is found in Xorth-westcrn Africa, in 



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