SS6 VYCSOyOTlDJE. 



Manipur it may be said to be the constant form as it is in Lusliai ; 

 in tlie Eastern Cachar Hills birds are nearer this form than 

 benfjdlensis but in AVestern Cachar and the Khasia Hills the Bengal 

 bird is the normal one, though some tew ap[)ro:i(.-li the Burmese 

 birds. This is, however, only what we expect to find in geograph- 

 ical races and on the dividing lines between all the races of ihis 

 Bidbul the birds inhabiting them will themselves be more or less 

 intermediate. 



Nidification. Similar (o tliat of the birds already described hut 

 the nest is often placed in bushes on the outskirts of forest ami 

 sometimes even inside light forest, bamboo- or scrub-jungle. It is 

 not so persistent an adherent to civilization and though it prefers 

 the vicinity of towns and villages, will often be found in open 

 country some distance from them. J 00 eggs average 21r'0 x 16'li 

 mm. and the extremes are 23-8 X KJ-T ; 22-2 x 17-5 and 20 5 x 

 15-.5; 21-2 x 15-0 mm. 



l\\ the northern portion of its liabilat four is the normal clutch 

 for this bird, further south three only, whilst rouTid about Rangoon 

 it often lays but two. The breeding season lasts fioni April to 

 July, earlier in the south, later still iji the north. 



(401) Molpastes hsemorrhous nigripileus. 



The Tenassehih IiED-yi;>'TED Hulbll. 



Pi/cnonottis nifp-ipileus Blyth, J. A. S. 15., xvi, p. 472 (J847) 



(Tenasserini). 

 Molpastes niiiripihns. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 270. 



Vernacular names. Boh-la4one (Burmese). 



Colours of soft parts as usual. Legs and feet black. 



Measurements. AVing about 85 to 99 mm. 



Distribution. Burma^East of the tSirtang liiver, as far South as 

 Teuasserim and North to Karenni. The range of this bird and 

 that of the next has been very much confused. It appears that 

 the \\hole of the South Burmese race East of the Sittang and 

 Peninsular Siam must be jilaceil under the name nigriji'ileus. Oates 

 in allowing two races to occur in the same area has been misled 

 by the fact that here and there among birds from North-East 

 Tenasserim one meets with individuals which have rather light 

 ear-coverts, thus showing sou)e approach to the next race. 



Nidification. Darling found a nest of this bird containing three 

 eggs on the IGth jNlarch in Tenasserim, This is recorded as that 

 of the Chinese lied- vented Bulbul. Nest and eggs are in no way 

 distinguishable from those of others of the genus. The few eggs 

 I have seen average about 24-lxl7"0 mm. but a larger series 

 would assuredly decrease these figures. 



Habits. This bird is said to be even more of a forest and jungle 

 bird than the last, otherwise there is nothing to note about it. 



