190 PHYLLORNITHIN. 
The Common Green Bulbul is a not uncommon permanent 
resident on the Sahyadri Range, occurring as far north as Khan- 
dalla. 
Phyllornis malabaricus, Gmelin. 
464,—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 98; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 403. 
THE MALABAR GREEN BULBUL. 
Length, 7:9; expanse, 11; wing, 3°5; tail, 3; bill at front, 
0°75 ; tarsus, 0°7. 
Bill dusky-blackish ; irides light yellowish-brown ; legs plum- 
beous. 
Male, bright grass-green; forehead golden-yellow; chin and 
throat black, with a small blue moustachial streak; flexure of 
wing verdigris-blue. 
The female wants the golden forehead of the male, and has 
the black gorget and blue maxillary streak somewhat smaller. 
The Malabar Green Bulbul is a permanent resident on the 
Sahyadri Range, from Goa to Khandalla. 
Genus, (Asgithina) Iora, Horsfield. 
Bill moderate, or rather long, somewhat compressed, very 
slightly curving; culmen rounded, slightly hooked at tip, and 
notched ; rictal bristles almost wanting; nostrils apert; wings 
rather short, with fourth, fifth and sixth quills sub-equal and long- 
est ; secondaries long, nearly equal to the primaries; tail even, 
short ; tarsus rather short with scales divided ; toes short; middle- 
toe very little longer than the outer, which is slightly syndactyle ; 
claws slightly curved; hind-toe shorter than the middle one. 
Iora (Agithina) tiphia, Zn. 
A68.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 103; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 473; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 403; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 
p. 168. 
THE WHITE-WINGED IORA. 
Length, 53; expanse, 75; wing, 2°5; tail, 2:0; tarsus, 0°75 ; 
bill at front 0°5; bill from gape, 0°7. 
Bill reddish, dusky on culmen; irides dark-brown; legs 
fleshy-yellow. 
Male, above olive-green, beneath yellow; wings black, faintly 
edged with yellow; greater-coverts broadly tipped with white; 
scapulars also partly white ; tail black. 
The female has the tail concolorous with the body, but slightly 
infuscated, and the wings paler than in the male. 
Mr. Hume unites 467—Jora zeylonica with tephia. I therefore 
give Jerdon’s description of zeylonica :— 
Male in full plumage, with the head, back, wings, and tail 
