MOLPASTES. 



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3. Nil--lnri Tlills. 



1. Nilohiri Hills. 



2. Nil-hiri ITills, 20tli Feb. 

 2. JSilfibiii Hills, April. 



2. Coouoor, Nilghiri Hills, 21st May. 



3. Ceylon (7i. L. Layard). 



1. Ceylou(^. X. Z.). 



2. Ceylon, May [A. L. Butler). 



3. India. 



Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Request. 

 Hiiuae Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-(jiidnian Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radclitle Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Molpastes "burmanicus (Shar/ie). 

 (Plate X. fig. 18.) 



Pycnonotus burmanicus, Skarpe,Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 125 (1881) ; Nchrk. 



Kat. Eicrscmiml. p. 44 (1899). 

 Molpastes burmanicus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests S)- Ey(js Ind. Birds, i. p. 173 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iii. p. 328 (1901). 



The eggs of the Burmese Eed-vcnted Bulbul are of a broad oval 

 form, sometimes approaching the spherical, and they exhibit a con- 

 siderable amount of gloss. They differ from those of AI. fuscus in 

 having the ground of a greyish-pink colour, marked with ronndish 

 spots and blotches of deep purplish red, chocolate-brown and lavender 

 grey, which have a tendency to form an irregular cap or zone at 

 the broader end. The markings are often blurred at the edges, and 

 the underlying lavender-grey is frequently disposed in large smears 

 and clouds. Specimens measure from "75 to •96 in length, and 

 from "65 to 'GS in breadth. 



3. Pegu, 23rd April {E. W. Oates). 



1. Pegu, 21st April {E. W. 0.). 



2. Pegu, loth May {E. W. O.). 

 1. Pegu, 28th May {E.W.O.). 

 1. Pegu, 31st May (E. W. O.). 

 1. Pegu, 24th June (E. W. O.). 



1. Pegu, oth July {E. W. 0. : Scehohvi 

 Coll.). 



1. Pegu, 1.5th July {E. W. O.). 



2. Pegu, 20th Jul'y [E. W. O.). 



1. Pegu, 28th July {E. W. O.). 



2. Pegu, loth Sept. {E. W. 0.). 



Hume Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 



Molpastes atricapillus {Vieill.). 



Pycnonotus atricapillus, Shai-pe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 127 (1881). 

 Molpastes atricapillus, Oates, Faurta Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 270(1889); 



id. ed. Hume, Nests 8c Eyas Ind. Birds, i. p. 173 (1889); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 328 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chinese Red-vented Eulbul are of a broad oval 

 form, and have a moderate amount of gloss. They are of a pinkish- 

 white colour, thickly speckled and dotted all over with rich reddish 



