Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 439 



44i. Hypsipetes psaroides. Black Hill-Bulbul. 



Darjeeling collection, 1862 ; three specimens procured in 



Little Rungeet Valley. Also common in the vicinity of Simla. 



Dimensions as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. 



Adult I^-- ^^■^''^ ^ ^ ''^ ■^''^ 14 



■"Lb.. 1075 5-125 475 75 1 1475 



^r/ear^jC" 9-625 4-5 3875 7 '875 12 



The adult has the sole of the foot underneath dirty white, 

 rough as in Buceros or Palceornis. The species is essentially 

 arboreal in its habits, frequenting the tops of the highest trees 

 in small parties of four or five. It apparently ranges at a higher 

 elevation about Simla than at Darjeeling. The outer tail-feathers 

 are peculiar, narrow at the base, and getting broader on their 

 inner webs towards the tip. The bill is bright crimson-red, 

 legs the same, but a little lighter in hue. The inner webs of 

 the wing- and tail-feathers are blackish, the outer only being 

 dark ashy-grey, a fact which Dr. Jerdon does not mention. A 

 circle of black, too, surrounds the ear-coverts, which are dark 

 ashy like the rest. The young of the year have the irides dark 

 brown ; the bill black, slightly red at gape ; the legs light red, 

 with dark claws, of a much lighter colour on the whole than in 

 the adult ; the wing is brown on the outer webs ; throat, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts whitish ; crest black and slightly deve- 

 loped ; the rest of the bird is dark ashy, lighter in hue than in 

 the adult. 



448. Hemixus flavala. Brown-eared Bulbul. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. Thi-ee specimens. 



449. Alcurus striatus. Striated Green Bulbul. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. One specimen. 



451. Criniger flaveolus. White-throated Bulbul. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. One specimen. 



456. EuBiGULA flaviventris. Black-crested Yellow Bulbul. 



Darjeeling collection, 1862. Observed also in Burmah, on 

 the Salween River, 1865. Length 7'5 ; wing 3"125; extent 

 9*75 ; tail 3'25 ; tarsus '5625 ; bill from front '5. Agrees with 



