314 PTCNONOIID^. 



brown and lavcnfler-grej'. Four examples measure respective!}- : 

 •73 by -57 ; "77 by '6 ; -77 by -6 ; 76 by -G. 



4. Tavoy, Tenasserim, 16th March Hume Coll. 



{J. Darliiiff). 



Molpastes pygaeus, IIoJijs. 



Pycnonotus pygfeus, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 376; Godiv.-Aust. J. A. 

 S. B. xliii. pt. ii. p. 178 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 128 



Molpastes bengalensis, Oates, Fauna Bnt. Ind., Birds, i. p. 271 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- JEygs Lid. Birds, i. p. 174 (1889). 

 Molpastes pygaeus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (li)Ol). 



The eggs of the Bengal Pted-vented Bulbul in no way differ from 

 those of J/. /;<.sc-z<s, except in being slightly larger. They measure 

 from -88 to 1"U5 in length, and from -67 to -75 in breadth. 



Godwin-Austen 



Molpastes iiitermedius {A. Hay). 



Pycnonotus intermedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 130 (1881). 

 Molpastes intermedins, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 272 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests S^- Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 175 (1889) ; Sharjje, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (1889).' 



The eggs of the Punjab Eed-vented Bulbul in the Collection 

 resemble those of 21. fuscus and J/, pi/iidus. Three examples 

 measure respectively : 1-01 by -72 ; -91 by -7 ; '92 by •63. 



1 . Kashmir, 5th May ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Mussoori, Himalayas (7". iZfi^toJi). Hume Coll. 



Genus PYCNONOTUS, Boie. 



The eggs of the Bulbiils of this genus resemble those of the 

 Bulbuls of the genus Molpastes, and, whenever the series of eggs of 

 any species is tolerably large, appear to be of as many types of 

 coloration as the eggs of M.fusms. 



