1 64 TIMELIIPJE. 



detcmiiiiing the specimens in the Museum by the help of my Leiden 

 experience. I therefore consider the question of the number of 

 species found in Madagascar as still a perfectly open one. 



\ 

 Bill of Tylas eduardi. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat black. 



a'. Under surface fawn-colom-ed eduardi, p. 164. 



h'. Under surface white alfredi, p. 166. 



b. Throat white. 



c'. No breast-band. 



a'. Breast white or light tawuy buif ; back grey, 



with a faint olive tinge alhigidaris, p. 165. 



d". Breast deep fawu-butf; back olive-brown . . fukiventris, p. 165. 

 d'. A distinct grey breast-band strophiatvs, p. 166. 



1. Tylas eduardi. 



Tvlas eduardi, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 152, pi. xviii. ; E. Kewt. Ibis, 

 "1864, p. 273 ; Slunyc, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 385 ; id. Cat Afr. B. p. 21 ; 



Hartl. Voq. Madag. p. 142 ; Grand, et Milne-Ediv. Hist. Phys. 



Madag. pi. 141. fig. 2. 

 Turdus goudoti, Verr. Nouv. Arch. Mus. ii., Bnll. p. 77, pi. 5. fig. 2. 

 Turdus edwardi, Schl. 4" Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. 158. 



A(Mt male. General colour above ashy olive, the hind neck grey 

 and contrasting with the back : wing-coverts ashy grey, slightly 

 washed with olive-brown ; bastard-wing and primary -coverts and 

 quills blackish, with a narrow edging of grey on the outer web, much 

 broader on the secondaries, the innermost of which are almost entirely 

 ashy grey and have narrow white tips : upper tail-coverts and tail- 

 feathers ashy grey, the latter narrowly tipped with white ; head 

 glossy greenish black, the forehead dark slaty grey ; sides of face and 

 throat also glossy black, the base of the chin with a few white 

 edgings to the feathers ; sides of neck white, forming a narrow collar 

 across the throat ; remainder of under surface of body ochraceous buff, 

 with a slight wash of brown on the flanks ; thighs ashy grey ; under 

 wing-coverts dark ashy grey, the axillaries light ochraceous buff; 

 quills ashy blackish below, greyer along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 8'7 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 4-7, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-9. 



Kewton's Black-headed Bulbul is found in Madagascar, where it 

 inhabits the northern and north-western portions of the island. 



a, b. Ad. sk. N. ]\Iadagascar. A. Crossley, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. N. Madagascar {A. Crosslcg). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Juv. sk. Madagascar. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



