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its place along with that genus as a group of the Brachypodine 

 Thrushes. lora is one of those forms that has certain afllnities 

 both of structure and habits for'some of the Pariue and Leiotri- 

 chine groups. Bonaparte classes it along with Plti/lloniis, but as- 

 sociates with them Vuhiiia and Zosterops, which I prefer placing 

 with the Leiotrichina, albeit there is a con.siderablc resemblance 

 to those genera, and more especially to Erpornis, another member 

 of the same family. But the still closer allinities for IViijUurnisy 

 shewn in Io7a Lnfresnayii, the nest and the color of the eggs, 

 which are those of the Bulbuls, have determined me to place 

 it here. 



Gen. loiu, Ilorsf. 



Syn. CE<jit]iina Vieill. 



Char. — Bill moderate or rather long, somewhat compressed, 

 very slightly curving ; culmen rounded, slightly hooked at the tip, 

 and notched ; rictal bristles almost wanting ; nostrils apert ; wings 

 rather short, with 4th, 5th, and Gth quills sub-equal and longest ; 

 secondaries long, nearly equal to the primaries ; tail even, short ; 

 tarsus rather short with scales divided ; toes short ; middle toe 

 very little longer than the outer, which is slightly syndactyle ; claws 

 slightly curved ; hind toe shorter than the middle toe. 



467. lor a Zeylonica, Gmklin. 



Motacilla, apud Gmkl.— Blytii, Cat. 1291— IIoiiSF., Cat. 

 409— Brown, 111. Zool., pi. 15 f. 2—1. melaceps, Sw^\ins.— f. 

 typhia, apud Jerdox, Cat. 73 — SliGubiqa or Shouhhigi, Hind. — 

 ratsu-jittn, Tel. and Vaclia-pora, Tam. ; loth names meaning 

 green-hird. 



Tnii Black-headed Green Bulbul. 



Descr. — Male in full plumage, with the head, back, wings, and 

 tail, deep black ; the former with two white bars, caused by 

 the tips of the greater coverts ; scapulars also partly white ; 

 the tail tipped with yellowish white; beneath bright yellow; 

 abdomen and lower tail-coverts pale yellow ; the flanks have a 

 tuft of white silky feathers, and the base of the clothing feathers 

 is mostly white. 



