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This is a small group of very pretty birds found in India, 

 Burraah, and Malayana, tlie species being, as usual, rather locally 

 distributed. Bonaparte places this sub-family among the ^felUpha- 

 gidee. Gray also places Phiillornis at the end of the MclUphagiiUe, 

 and Blyth considers that it is allied to that family (though not 

 so nearly as are the Orioles) ; but, in his Catalogue, places it and 

 lora in his sub-family riu/llornince of the Pycnonot'uUe, with which 

 views I entirely agree. Tlieir general structure and habits are quite 

 like those of the short-footed 'I'hrushes in general, and their 

 geographic distribution coincides with that of the present family. 

 The birds, however, as a rule, are more insectivorous than the 

 true Bulbuls. 



Gen. PnYLLORNis, Boie. 



Syn. CIdoropsis, Jard. and Selby. 



Char. — Bill moderate or rather long ; culmcn keeled, and more 

 or less curved ; tip bent down and notched ; nostrils basal, leng- 

 thened; wings moderately long, with the 4th and 5th quills sub- 

 equal, but the 4th longest ; tail moderate or rather short, even ; 

 tarsus short, smooth. 



The bill in this genus is of very variable strength and curvature. 

 The plumage of all is bright grass-green, varied with blue and 

 yellow markings about the head and neck. In one or more 

 species the wings arc fine blue, showing an approximation towards 

 Irena. There are four species found in our province, two in 

 Southern, and two in Northern India. 



463. Phyllornis Jerdoni, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XII., 392— Blyth, Cat. 1287— Horsf., Cat. 396— 

 Jerdon, 111. lud. Orn., pi. 43 — Chloropsis cocsmarhynchos, apud 

 TiCKELL — Chi. cochinsmensis, apud Jerdon, Cat. 72 — Harreioa, 

 H. — JFanna bojaniim, Tel. i. e., Ornament of the forest. 



The Coinimon Green Bulbul. 

 Descr. — IMale, pale grass-green, shoulder patch pale shining blue, 

 quills dusky internally ; chin, throat and gorge, deep black, surround- 

 ed by a greenish yellow band, which extends through the eyes to 

 the forehead ; maxillary streak hyacinth blue, short. The female 



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