320 PTCNONOTID^. 



with a zone of confluent blotches of deep chestnut. It measures 

 •89 by -65. 



1. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



4th June {W. iDavison). 



Pycnonotus simplex, Less. 



rycnonotus simplex, Shnrpc, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 158 (1881); Oafcs, 

 Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, i. p. 292 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 E(/cjs Ind. Birds, i. p. 192, footnote (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p." 332 (1901). 



The eggs of Moore's Olive Bulbul in the Collection are densely 

 mottled with rich reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : '9 by '63 ; "80 by •64. 



2. Klang, Malay Peninsula, 23i'd April Ilinuo Coll. 



(jr. Davison). 



Genus XANTHIXUS, Oates. 



Xanthixiis flavescens {Bhjth). 



Pycnonotus flavescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 143 (1881). 

 Xanlhixus flavescens, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 275 (1889) ; 



Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 211 (1893) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 332 (1901). 



Eggs of Blyth's Bulbul are of an oval form with a small amount 

 of gloss. The ground-colour is pink, and is thickly spotted with 

 purplish-red and lavender. Two specimens measure respectively : 

 •88 by '69 ; -89 by -66. 



2. N. Cacbar, 3rd June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus OTOCOMFSA, Cah. 



The eggs of the Bulbuls of this genus cannot be separated by any 

 character from those of the species of Molj^astcs and Pijcnonotas. 



Otocompsa emeria {Linn.). 



Otocompsa jocosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 157 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 45 (1899). 

 Otocompsa emeria, Gates, Fauna Brit., Ind. Birds, i. p. 276 (1889); 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sf Ei/ys Ind. Birds, i. p. 178 (1889) ; ShariK; 



Hand-l. iii. p. 333 (1901). 



The eggs of the Bengal lled-whiskered Bulbul vary from specimens 

 which are sparsely speckled on a white ground, to those which arc 

 boldly blotched on a pinkish-white ground-colour. They measure 

 from -72 to -95 in length, and from -56 to -7 in breadth. 



2. Sikliim, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Baraitch, Oudli, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Luckuow, 5tli May. Hume Coll. 



