22. OTOcoiirsA. 161 



bright yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashj' brown, those 

 near the edge of the wing whity-brown, washed with yellow ; quills 

 brown, ashy along the inner webs ; " bill black ; feet plumbeous 

 black ; iris light brown, in young birds dark " (Sadh/). Total 

 length 7"5 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3-55, tail 3-4, tarsus 0-8o. 



The ^^'hite-checkcd Crested Bulbul is found throughout tlie whole 

 Himalayan range, fiom Cashmere to Bootan, up to 5000 feet 

 elevation. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Himalayas. J. R. lieeves, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Himalayas. India Museum. 



d, e,f. Ad. sk. N.W. Ilimalavas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[1>.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Cashmere. Purchased. 



/(, /. Ad.sk. Kiiniaou (<S'^r«e/«7/). India Museum. 



k. Ad.sk. Uarjiliug (-Ebc/es). F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 I, m. 2 ad. sk. Valley of Nepal. Dr. J. Scidly [PJ. 



w, o. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. rp.]. 



p. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



q. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. II. Hudason). India Museum. 



r, s. Ad. sk. Bootan (^Pemherton ). India Museum. 



4. Otocompsa flaviventris. 



Yauga fla\iventris, TUhell, J. A. S. Beng. ii. p. 573. 



Bracliypus melanocephalus, Gray Sf Hardw. 111. Lid. Zonl. ii. pi. .3.5. 



fig. 1. 

 Brachypus plumifcra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 137. 

 Alcurus melanocephalus, Hodgs. in Gray^s Zool. Misc. p. 83. 

 Pvcnonotus melanocephalus, Blyth. J. A. S. Benq. xiv. p. 569; id. Cat. 



' B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 210; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. B.I. Co. 



i. p. 247. 

 Pycuonotus flaviventris. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 237 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. 



'p. 2G9, no. 3933 ; Hvme, Nests ^- Eggs hid. B. p. 285. 

 Hfematorais melanocephalus, Gray, Cat. Manun. S,-c. Nepal prcs. 



Hodgs. p. 89. 

 Ixus melanocephalus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 265. 

 Rubigula flaviveutris, Jerf7.7>'./«f/. ii.p.88; Bh/th 8,- TVald. B. Biirm. 



p. 1-36; Hinite, Sti:F.lS7S,Y>.Sl7; id. Str.'F.1879,-p.d8; Scully, 



8tr. F. 1870, p. 295. 



Adult. General colour above olive-yellow, the wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quills dusky brow n, externally olive-yellow like the 

 back, the edges of the feathers a little brighter ; tail-feathers bn.wn, 

 slightly paler at their ends and margined with olive-yellow ; crown 

 of head and nape, as well as the sides of the head and throat, blue- 

 black, with a large crest springing from the centre of the crown ; 

 remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, washed with olive 

 on the breast and sides of the body ; thighs yellow : under wing- 

 coverts yellow, or white washed with yellow ; quills ashy brown 

 below, w bite along the edge of the inner web ; " bill black ; legs 

 and feet dark plumbeous or greenish black ; irides pale yellow " 

 (Davison) ; " feet brownish black" (Scully). Total length 7'4 inches, 

 culmen 0(5, wing 3'()o, tail 3-G, larsiis 0'7. 



The Black-crested Yellow Bulbul inhabits the Himalayas, and 



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