320 PYCNONOTID^. 



with a zone of confluent blotches of deep chestnut. It measures 

 •89 by -65. 



1. Kussoom, ISIalay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



4th June (W. Davwm). 



Pycnonotus simplex, Less. 



I'ycnonotus simplex, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 1-53 (1S81): Orttes, 

 Fauna Brit. Inch, Birds, i. p. 292 (1889) ; id. nl. Hume, Nests _^ 

 E(/gs Ind. Birds, i. p. 192, footnote (18S9) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 332 (1901). 



The eggs of Moore's Olive Bulbul in the Collection arc densely 

 mottled with rich reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : -0 by -63 ; -86 by -64. 



2. Klanp:, Malay Peninsula, 23rd April Hume Coll. 



(W. Davison). 



Genus XANTHIXUS, Gates. 

 Xanthixus flavescens {Blyth). 



Pycnouotus flavescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 143 (1881). 

 Xanthixus flavescens, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birdn. i. -p. 27o (1889); 



Stuart Baker, Journ. Bmnbai/ Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 211 (1893); 



Sharps, Hand-l. iii. p. 382 (1901). 



Eggs of Blyth's Bulbul are of an oval form with a small amount 

 of gloss. The ground-colour is pink, and is thickly spotted with 

 purplish-red and lavender. Two specimens measure respectively : 

 •88 by -69 ; -89 by 'G6. 



2. N. Cachar, 3rd June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus OTOCOMPSA. Cah. 



The eggs of the Bulbuls of this genus catinot be separated by any 

 character from those of the species of Molj^iastcs and Pycnonotus. 



Otocompsa emeria {Linn.). 



Otocompsa jocosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 157 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kut. Eier.<iamml. p. 4o (1899). 

 Otocompsa emeria, Oates. Fauna Brit., Ind. Birds, i. p. 276 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind Birds, i. p. 178 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l iii. p. 333 (1901)." 



The eggs of the Bengal Hed-whiskered Bulbul vary from specimens 

 which are sparsely speckled on a white ground, to those which are 

 boldly blotched ou a pinkish-white ground-colour. They measure 

 from '72 to "95 in length, and from '56 to -7 in breadth. 



2. Sikhim, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. r>uraitch, Oudh, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Luckuow, 5th May. Hume Coll. 



