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THE GOLD VENTED BULBUL. 
(PycNnonoTus CAPENSIS.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U. List. 
Admitted by Newton. 
Rejected by Seebohm. 
The BO.U. List says of the occurrence ‘‘one is said to 
have been shot near Waterford, Jan. 1838.” And prints 
the name in italics as not admissible. 
Professor Newton gives the history of the specimen 
in the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin; and seems 
perfectly satisfied of the genuineness and authenticity of 
the occurrence. 
On the other hand Mr. Seebohm remarks that the 
authenticity of a Cape bird in Dr. Burkitt’s collection, is 
shaken by the fact that another Cape bird ‘ Bubo Capensis’ 
was found therein labelled ‘‘ Bubo Maximus shot in Ire- 
land.” The argument being that as there wasan error in 
in one case, there might be in the other—but is it not 
possible that ‘B. Capensis’ may have a/so really been shot 
in Ireland, and mislabelled ‘B. Maximus,’ not having 
previously attracted the criticism of a competent natur- 
alist. 
An egg which I received from Dr. A. Miller of Frank- 
fort as ‘ Pycnonotus pygzeus’ taken at Calcutta, June 22, 
1878. I submitted to Mr. H. E. Dresser, and Mr. E. 
Bidwell; both of whom considered it to be the egg of 
‘P. Capensis,’ it being smaller than ‘P. pygzeus’ or ‘P. 
Xanthopygzus,’ it is pale pink, thickly spotted with dark 
pinky red ; it measures .85 by .62. 
Is the exact southern range of this bird determined ? 
