26. SPIZIXU8. 173 



cheeks blackish, streaked with lioary grey, a shade of which ai>pears 

 on the sides of the ueek, behind the ear-coverts ; throat chocolate- 

 brown, varied with hoary-grey tips to the chin-feathers ; remainder 

 of under surface of body light olive-greenish, becoming brighter 

 yellow down the centre of the body and on the under tail-coverts ; 

 thighs like the flanks : under wing-coverts and axillaries very pale 

 yellowish, brighter olive-yellow on the edge of the wing ; quills 

 dusky brown below, ashy along the inner webs of the primaries, 

 yellowish along those of the secondaries. Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0-(5o, wing 3-65, tail 3*7, tarsus 0-8. 



The Pinch-billed Bulbul is found only in Svlhet and the Khasia 

 hills. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Khasia bills {Griffith). India Museum. 



c. Ad. sk. [Khasia hills. J J. Gould, Esq. 



d. Ad. st. Cliera Puugi. India Museum. 



2. Spizixus semitorques. 



Spizixus semitorques, Sivhih. Ibis, 1861, p. 266; Guidd, B. Asia, 

 pt. xviii.; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 370; David S) Oustal. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 143, pi. 47. 



Pycnonotus semitorques, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 271, no. 3970. 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-green, slightly yellower 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers olive-yellow, 

 brighter on the edges of the feathers, and having a broad band of 

 blackish brown along the tip ; wing-coverts like the back, the greater 

 coverts yellower ; quills dark brown, externally yellowish olive, the 

 inner secondaries entirely of the latter colour, but duller ; crown of 

 head black, shading off into dark slaty grey on the nape and hind 

 neck ; lores white ; sides of face black, the ear-coverts and hinder 

 part of cheeks conspicuously black ; throat blackish ; on each side of 

 the lower throat a patch of white, showing a tendency to unite 

 across the latter, which is shaded with ashy brown ; fore neck and 

 breast olive-green, as also the sides of the body and thighs ; the 

 centre of the body and under tail-coverts bright yellow, the latter 

 shaded with greenish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow, as 

 also the edge of the wings : quills ashy brown below, yellowish 

 along the inner web ; " bill pale yellow ; legs and claws pale liver- 

 brown : iris brown " (i?. Swiiihoe). Total length 7" 7 inches, culmen 

 0-6. wing 3-5, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-8. 



8winhoe"s Finch-billed Bulbul replaces the foregoing species in 

 the wooded hills of Eastern China. 



a. Ad. sk. Pih-ling hills, near Foochow. E. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Spizixus cinereicapilhis. 



Spizixus semitorques, Sicinh. Ibi.i, 1803, p. 290 (mc Swinh. 1801). 

 Spi/ixus ciuereicapillus, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 370; David ^• 

 Oustaht, Ois. Chine, p. 144. 



