AND SOME ALLIED GENERA. 233 



Molpastes atricapillus Hume & Dav., Str. Feath. VI, p. 322 (1878); 

 Oates, B. Br. lad. I, p. 270 (1889). 



Hab. Southern China, Burma and Tenasserira. 

 Nine specimens from China and Tenasserim. 



7. Molpastes aurigaster. 



Pycnonotus aurigaster (Vieill.) Gray, Gen. B. I, p. 237 (1847); Sharpe, 



Cat. B. VI, p. 137 (1881). 

 Pycnonotus crocorrhous Strickl. Ann. Nat, Hist. XIII, p. 412 (1844). 



Hab. Java. 



Eight specimens. 



8. Molpastes Germaini. 



Im.t Germaini Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7) II , p. 54 (1878). 

 Pycnonotus Germaini Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 138 (1881). 



Hab. Cambodia. 



Not represented. 



9. Molpastes leucotis. 



Pycnonotus leucotis (Gould) Bljth , J. A. S. Beng. XIV, p. 567 (1845); 



Sharpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 136 (1881). 

 Molpastes leucotis Oatea , B. Br. Ind, 1, p. 273 (1889). 



Hab, From Persia eastward through Sindh to North 

 Western and Central India. 

 One specimen from Persia. 



10. Molpastes Humii. 



Molpastes Humii Oates, B. Br. Ind. I, p. 274 (1889). 

 Hab. Punjab. 

 Not represented. 



Genus Pycnonotus Boie. 



Type: Pycnonotus capensis (L.). 



General aspect ashy brown , no green in the plumage , 

 upper tail-coverts uniform in color with back , no white 

 tips to the tail-feathers, feathers of crown equally lengthened , 



Notes from the Ley den IVIuseum , Vol. XVII. 



