25. RrBiorr-A. 169 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-yellow, slightly paler on 

 the rum]) ; wing-coverts Irko the back ; quills brown, the outer webs 

 olive-yellow, a little brighter than the back ; tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, edged with olive near the base, all but the two central 

 feathers tipped with a white spot, increasing in size towards the 

 outermost ; crown of head and nape and entire sides of face glossy 

 black ; throat and entire under surface of body golden yellow, washed 

 with olive on the sides of the breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries yellow, or white washed with yellow ; quills ashy 

 brown below, whitish along the inner web ; " bill black ; legs and 

 feet blackish; iris dull red" (Capf. W. Vincent Legi/e). 



Adult male and female. Length from 6-3 to 6-5 inches, wing 2-7 

 to 2-y, tail 2-6 to 2-6, tarsus 0-(J, mid toe and claw 0-5S, hind toe 

 and claw 0-48, bill to gape 0-75 to 0-8. Females are the smaller of 

 the sexes {W. V. Lecjge, I. c). In the female, according to Legge, 

 the iris is dark brown, and the legs and feet deep plumbeous or 

 blackish blue. 



The Black-headed Bulbul is peculiar to the island of Ceylon, 

 inhabiting the forest tracts in most parts of the island, and, in the 

 Kandj'an province, attaining a height of 5000 feet. 



a. 2 ^d. sk. Rackwane, Ceylon, Jan. 13, Marquis of Tweeddale [P.]. 



186G (6'. Chapman). 



b. Ad. sk. Ceylon. F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Eubigula cyaniventris. 



Turdus, sp. 6, Raff,. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 311. 



Pycnonotus cvaniveutris, Bhjth, J. A. S. Binij. xi. p. 792 ; Strickl. 



P. Z. S. 184(5, p. 101 ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 237; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. 



As. Soc. p. 211 ; Grai/, Ilaiid-l. B. i. p. 271, no. 3971. 

 Ixodia cyaniventris, Bli/th, J. A. 8. Bemj. xiv. p. 578. 

 Malacopteron aureum, Eytun, Ann. Xat. Hist. xvi. p. 229 (1845). 

 Ixidia cyaniventris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 200; Ilorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. 



Mils. JE.I. Co. i. p. 247 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 310; Hume 



^- Davis. Sir. F. 1874, p. 477 ; Hume, Str. F 1878, p. 320, 1879 



pp. 63, 98. 

 Brachypus poliopsis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 204 (e.c Midi. MS. in Miis. 



Luijd. ). 



Adult female. General colour above olive-yellow, the wing-eoverts 

 like the back ; quills dark brown, externall}- olive-yellow, brighter 

 than the back ; tail-feathers light brown, washed with olive-yellow 

 on the outer webs ; head and neck slaty blue, as also the sides of the 

 neck, ear-coverts, sides of face, and under surface of body ; above 

 the eye a faint streak of lighter grey ; lores and feathers round the 

 eye blackish ; lower abdomen white ; thighs duskj- grey, washed 

 with olive-yellow; under tail-coverts bright yellow: under wing- 

 coverts white, the edge of the wing brighter yellow ; " bill black ; 

 legs and feet very dark jilumbeous ; claws horny brown, sometimes 

 almost black ; iris dark brown, dark i)lumbeous slate-colour, and 



