25. RuniauLA. 1G7 



b'. Belly grey. 



c'". Ear-covert3 and sides of face dark slaty 



grey cyaniventris, p. 1G9. 



d'". Eav-coverts and sides of face blackisli .. pai oticalig, ■p. 170. 

 b. Breast scaly in appearance, the foatliers black, 

 edged with white. 

 c'. White confined to a spot at the tip of the tail- 

 feathers squainata, p. 170. 



d'. White extending for some distance up the outer 



tail-feathers ivcbberi, p. 171. 



1. Rubigula dispar. 



Tardus dispar, Horsf. Trcuis. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. loO; liciffl. t. c. p. 310 



Temin. Fl. Col. ii. pi. 1.37. 

 Brachypus dispar, Swains. Fctim. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 48-5 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 2(33. 

 Ixos dispar, Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 15. 

 Rubigula dispar, Bh/th, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 570 ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, 



p. .3(JG; Snlvad. Ann. Mas. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 220; Nichols. Ibis, 



1861, p. 146. 

 Pycnonotus dispar, Gray, Gen. i?.i. p. 237; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 

 '3Ius. E.I. Co. i. p. 245 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 269, no. 3937. 



Adult male. General colour above olive-yellow ; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; qnills dusky brown, externally olive-yellow like the back ; 

 tail-feathers brown, with paler tips tinged with yellow, the edges to 

 the feathers olive-yellowish ; crown of head and nape, as well as the 

 entire sides of the head, purplish black ; chin black ; feathers of the 

 throat loose and stiffened, of a brilliant scarlet ; remainder of under 

 surface of body, from the throat downwards, deep orange-yellow, 

 paler on the abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts : under wing- 

 coverts and axiUaries bright yellow, or white washed with yellow ; 

 quills dusky brown below, white along the inner web ; " iris ver- 

 milion-red '' (Beccari). Total length 7'G inches, culmen 0-6, wing 

 3-15, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-G5. 



A'lnlt female. Similar to the male in colour; " iris straw-colour" 

 (H. 0. Forbes). Total length 7*2 inches, culmen 0-0, wing 3-1, tail 

 3"lo, tarsus 0-65. 



The Euby-throated Bulbul is only known from the islands of Java 

 and Sumatra. 



a. Ad. sk. Java (Br. Ilorxjield). India Museum. (Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. E. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



c. $ ad. .sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CJ. 



d. Ad. sk. Sumatra (C. Bock). Lieut. R. CI. Wardlaw Rauisaj. 



e. Ad. sk. Sumatra (Baffles). India Museum. 



2. Rubigula gularis*. 



Brachypus gularis, Gould, P. Z. S. lt!35, p. 186 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 264 ; 

 iralden, Ibis, 1866, p. 423. 



» Cotisiderable doubts were for a longtime thrown on thn right of this species 

 to bear the name of f/ularis of Gould, inixsmuch as that author omitted all men- 



