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lores, black; cheeks, chin and throat, whitish. Breast, brown ; 
abdomen, whitish brown, the sides darker ; under tail-coverts, sulphur 
yellow. 
Iris, brown. Bill and legs, black. 
Habits, dc. This is a resident bird, and is regularly met with 
in our gardens, though on the whole it occurs somewhat sparingly, 
being very much less common than the next species. From the latter 
it may be distinguished by the amount of white on the sides of its 
head, the brighter yellow of its under tail-coverts, and its more melo- 
dious liquid notes. It is generally to be seen in pairs, and is a some- 
what shy bird. 
Distribution. Robinson and Kloss only came across two or 
three specimens of the Yellow-vented Bulbul in Trang. I can find no 
other record of its occurrence in this country. 
*8 (306). Pycnonotus blanfordi. Blanford’s Bulbul. 
Siamese, unasan day (Nok parod suan. ) 
Description. Length, 203 mm. (8in.). The whole upper 
plumage, olive brown, darker on the head and paler on the rump; ear 
coverts, white. Chin, dull whitish brown; rest of lower plumage, 
ashy brown, paling off to yellowish brown on the under wing-coverts 
and tail-coverts. 
Iris, dark grey. Bill, brown, darker at tip and pale flesh- 
colour at base of lower mandible. Legs, dark pinkish or plunbeous 
brown, sometimes with a bronzy tinge. 
Habits, &c. This is one of the most abundant birds in Bang- 
kok and isa resident of our gardens all the year round—sometimes 
entering houses also. Despite its plain and inconspicuous plumage, it 
is always in evidence, by reason both of its numbers and its harsh 
notes. It hasa variety of these—among the commonest being a noisy 
and guttural cha-cha-cha or chak-chak-chak, as well as a chika-chika- 
chika. These are repeated several times in rapid succession, after 
which there isa lull. The bird also has an alarm ery ot er-r-ch, er-r-ch. 
Blanford’s Bulbul appears to live on fruit and berries, as weil as 
on insects, as I have observed the parent birds carrying both kinds of 
food to the young ones in their nest. 
In the Siamese name, the word suan means “ garden,” and is a 
