386 PYCNONOTID&. 
Manipur it may be said to be the constant form as it is in Lushai ; 
in the Eastern Cachar Hills birds are nearer this form than 
bengalens?s but in Western Cachar and the Khasia Hills the Bengal 
bird is the normal one, though some few approach the Burmese 
birds. This is, however, only what we expect to find in geograph- 
ical races and on the div iding lines between all the races of this 
Bulbul the birds inhabiting hee will themselves be more or less 
intermediate. 
Nidification. Similar to that of the birds already described but 
the nest is often placed in bushes on the outskirts of forest and 
sometimes even inside light forest, bambeo- or scrub-jungle. It is 
not so persistent an adherent to civilization and though it prefers 
the vicinity of towns and villages, will often be found in open 
country some distance from them. 100 eggs average 22:0 x 16°2 
mm. and the extremes are 23°8 x 16:7; DD: 2X AGS 5 a 205 
15:05 24-2 < 15:0 mm. 
In the northern portion of its habitat four is the normal clutch 
ior this bird, further south three only, whilst round about Rangoon 
it often lays but two. The breeding season lasts from April to 
July, earlier in the south, later still in the north. 
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(401) Molpastes hemorrhous nigripileus. 
THe TENASSERIM Rep-venreD BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus nigripileus Blyth, J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 472 (1847) 
(Tenasserim). 
Molpastes nigripileus. Bianf. & Oates, i, p. 270. 
Vernacular names. Doh-la-lone (Burmese). 
Colours of soft parts as usual. Legs and feet black. 
Measurements. Wing about 85 to 99 mm. 
Distribution. Burma, East of the Sittang River, as far South as 
Tenasserim and North to Karenni. The range of this bird and 
that of the next has been very much confused. It appears that 
the whole of the South Burmese race East of the Sittang and 
Peninsular Siam must be placed under the name nigripileus. Oates 
in allowing two races to occur in the same area has been misled 
by the fact that here and there among birds from North-East 
'enasserim one meets with individuals which have rather light 
ear-coverts, thus showing some approach to the next race. 
Nidification. Darling found a nest of this bird containing three 
eggs on the 16th March in Tenasserim. ‘This is recorded as that 
of the Chinese Red-vented Bulbul. Nest and eggs are in no way 
distinguishable from those of others of the genus. The few eggs 
[ have seen average about 24°1x17-:0 mm. but a larger series 
would assuredly decrease these figures. 
Habits. This bird is said to be even more of a forest and jungle 
bird than the last, otherwise there is nothing to note about it. 
