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~ (402) Molpastes hemorrhous chrysorrhoides, * 
THE CHINESE RED-VENTED BULBUL. 
Hematornis chrysorrhoides Lafr., Rev. Zool., p. 367 (1845) (China). 
Molpastes atricapillus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 270. 
Vernacular names. Aator-tor-mang (Kachin);  Ko-kai-kwun 
(Chinese). 
Description. This form is distinguished from all others by its 
almost white ear-coverts ; the general plumage is paler and the 
black of the lower parts confined to the chin. The black of the 
crown is sharply defined from the rather pale brown hind neck and 
back. 
Colours of soft parts as usual. 
Measurements. Wing about 85 to 111 mm. Chinese birds vary 
between 90 and 111 mm. ard two very doubtful birds from 
Tenasserim have wings of only 87 mm. 
Distribution. From the North of Karenni through the Kachin 
Hills, Shan States and Yunnan to South-West China. Birds from 
North and Central Siam are also of this race. Birds from South- 
West Siam and East Tenasserim are doubtfully referable to this 
race. 
Nidification. ‘The nest and eggs are described as similar to those 
of the Bengal bird and a series of the latter obtained by Staff- 
Surgeon Jones at Hongkong might stand almost equally well for 
any of the other races. They average 21°8 x 16°7 mm.; the longest 
and shortest are 22°9x17°3 and 20°6 x 16-4 mm. ; the longest is 
also the broadest, and the most narrow is 21:5 x 16-1 mm. 
Staff-Surgeon Jones says that the eggs number from two to six 
in a clutch and that the nest is often placed in a fir-tree at a con- 
siderable height from the ground. 
Habits. The Chinese Red-vented Bulbul is the same familar bird 
in China and the Burmo-Chinese countries that the Indian Red- 
vented Bulbul is in India but over a great part of its range it is a 
bird of the semi-jungle and forest land as well as of villages and 
towns. Otherwise in all its habits it differs in no way from the 
other geographical races. 
(403) Molpastes hemorrhous bengalensis. 
THe Benga Rup-ventnp Bureut. 
Molpastes bengalensis Blyth, J. A. S.B., xiv, p. 566 (1845) (Bengal) ; 
Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 271. 
Vernacular names. Bulbul, Bulbulli (Hind.); Aala Bulbul 
(Beng.); Bulbul-sorai (Assam); Dao-bullip (Cachari) ; Jnrur 
bullip (Naga); Paklom(Bhut.); Mancleph-pho (Lepceha). 
* Muscicapa atricapilla of Vieill., Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., xxi, p. 489 (1818) 
is preoccupied by Linné, 1768, and cannot be used. 
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