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TIMELIIDJjI. 



coYorts, like the back ; bastard-wius:, primary and greater coverts, 

 as well as the quills, dark brown, externally edged with olive-yel- 

 low ; tail-feathers brown, margined with olive-yellow ; crown of 

 bead black, and slightly crested ; occi^iut conspicuously white, ex- 

 tending on the sides of the head to behind the eye ; this white 

 occipital patch followed by a blackish nape-band, which separates 

 it from the mantle-spot ; in front of the eye ashy whitish ; round the 

 eye a black ring, the hinder edge white, where it adjoins the white 

 occipital patch ; ear-coverts dark brown, the hinder portion paler 

 brown, forming a j^atch ; cheeks blackish, throat white ; fore neck 

 and chest ashy brown, forming a conspicuous breast-band, slightly 

 washed with olive-yellow ; sides of body also light brown, washed 

 with yellow ; centre of body, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 white, slightly washed with yellow, some of the feathers being 

 edged with this colour ; thighs ashy brown, tinged with yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, faintly waslied with yel- 

 low ; quills dusky brown below, ashy whitish along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3'35, tail 3*1, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 7'5 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-55, tail 3-3, tarsus 0-85. 



The White-naped Bulbul occurs only in South China and Formosa. 

 It is abundantly distributed over Southern China as far as the 

 northern boundary of the basin of the Yangtze river. 



a. Ad. sk. Hong Kong, China. ludia Museum. 



b,c. S , d- 2 ad sk. Amoy, China, May 1801 F. Godman and 0. 



{R. SwinJtoe). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. N. Formosa, March 18G2 F. Godman and 0. 



{li. SinH/iof). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



/, ff. Ad. sk. N. Formosa. H. C. Hobson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



28. Pycnonotus hainanus. 



Ixns hainanus, Swhi/i. Ihis, 1870, p. 25:]; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 369; 

 David cf Oustaht, Ois. Chine, p. Ml. 



Adult. General colour above dark ashy grey, washed with olive- 

 yellow ; least wing-coverts like the back ; the greater coverts, along 

 with the bastard-wing, pi'imary-coverts, and quills dark brown, ex- 

 ternallj' edged with olive-yellow ; tail-feathers dark brown, mar- 

 gined with olive-yellow ; crown of head deep black, a little browner 

 on the nape and behind the ear-coverts ; ear-coverts brown, the 

 hinder portion whiti.sh, forming a small patch ; lores greyish white ; 

 cheeks and region of the eye blackish, the hinder portion brown ; 

 throat white ; fore neck, breast, flanks, and thighs ashy brown, 

 washed with olive-yellow ; centre of body, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts dull white, washed with yellow ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white, with yellow edgings ; quills dusky brown below, 

 ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web ; " irides deep brown" 

 (^wiidioe). Total length G'8 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3"^ 5, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



