152 timeliid.t;. 



30. Pycnonotus plumosus. 



Pvcnonotiis plumosus, Bhjth, J. A. S. Benr/. xiv. p. 567 ; id. Cat. B. 

 ' Mus. As. Soc. J). IllO ; Siilmd. Ucc. Born. p. 198; Sharpe, Ibis, 



1876, p. 38 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339. 

 Pycnonotus inoruatus, Bp. Cvnsp. i. p. 263 ; Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. 



■p. 270, no. 3950. 

 Ixus plumosus, Bp. t.c. p. 206; Hume ^- Davis. Sir. F. 1878, 



p. 309 ; ILime, Str. F. 1879, pp. 62, 98. 

 Pycnonotus simplex, Ilorsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 



p. 241. 

 Ixus inornatus, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171. 



Head of P//cnonofus plumosus. 



Adult male. General colour above dull brown, strongly shaded 



■witli olive, the head rather darker than the back ; lower baclv, rump, 



and upper tail-coverts slightlj' clearer brown ; wing-coverts darker 



brown than the back and more strongly shaded with olive-yellow ; 



quills brown, externally olive-yellow ; tail-feathers light brown, 



shaded with olive and margined with olive-yellow ; lores lighter 



brown ; ear-coverts brown, streaked with diill whitish shaft-lines ; 



cheeks and under surface of body earthy brown, darker on the 



flanks, which are shaded with olive, the chest somewhat overshaded 



with ashy ; the throat and centre of the abdomen paler and more 



whity brown ; thighs brown, shaded with olive ; under tail-coverts 



olivaceous ochre ; under wing-coverts brown, washed Avith yellowish 



olive, brighter on the edge of the wing ; axillaries Avhity brown, 



slightly washed with olive ; quiUs brown below, dull whitish along 



the inner web ; " bill black ; feet dusky ; iris red " ( Wallace, MS.). 



Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-2, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage {A. 0. Hume). 



Mr. Hume also gives the measurements of a series as follows : — 



Length 7"C)2-8 inches, tail 3-3-35, wing 3-3-35, culmen 0-7-0-8, 



tarsus 0-6-0'8. 



The Large Olive Bulbul is an inhabitant of Siimatra and Borneo, 

 ranging through the Malayan peninsula to the southern part of the 

 Tenasserim province. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Sumatra (Baffles). India Museum. (P. sim- 



p/e:r,H. &M.;.c.sp.A.) 



