416 PYCNONOTID®. 
Description. Forehead, crown, nape, sides of head and extreme 
point of chin black ; throat ruby-red, the feathers long and rather 
bristly ; upper plumage yellowish green ; wings brown, the outer 
webs of the feathers yellowish green; tail the same; lower 
plumage bright yellow; under wing-coverts and edge of wing 
yellow. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris pale cream to bright yellow; bill 
black; legs and feet dark plumbeous to almost black, claws black. 
Measurements. Length about 180 mm.; wing 71 to 78 mm. ; 
tail about 66 mm.; tarsus about 15 mm.; culmen about 11:5 to 
12:0 mm, 
Distribution. Western India from Kanara to South Travancore. 
Nidification. Nests taken by Mr, J. Davidson are described 
as ‘“‘small cups, outwardly composed of a mass of large, red 
dead leaves, slightly bound with one or two roots and spiders’ 
web, and lined inside with a few roots and grass stems of 
a coarse description.” The nests were taken from low bushes, 
only a foot or two above the ground, higher bushes and small 
saplings as high as 10 feet up. The nests are all placed in 
forest, generally dense, sometimes thinner but never in open 
country. 
“The eggs are two in number, very small for the size of the 
bird; they are quite devoid of gloss and of a pink colour, mottled 
thickly all over with the smallest possible dark reddish-brown and 
purple spots.” Eggs sent me by Messrs. J. Davidson and T. R.. 
Bell measure about 20-9 15°2 mm. They are very like those of 
the last bird. 
Habits. This is said to be a shy Bulbul, keeping to forested 
areas in the plains, sometimes going about in small flocks and 
sometimes in pairs or singly. Davidson says that it is common 
in Siddapur and in the wooded parts of Honwar and Kumta 
and to a less extent in the denser forests of Karawar, Ankola and 
Yellapur. 
(432) Pycnonotus cyaniventris cyaniventris. 
Tur BLUE-BELLIED BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus cyaniventris Blyth, J. A.S. B., xi, p. 792 (1841) (Malay 
Peninsula) ; Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 290. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. The whole head and lower plumage deep slaty- 
blue; lores black; forehead and a streak over the lores paler 
blue; upper plumage and wing-coverts bright greenish yellow; 
tail dark brown, the outer webs greenish yellow nearly up to the 
tips; wing-quills dark brown, all but the first two primaries 
edged with greenish yellow; under wing-coverts and edge of 
wing pale yellow; under tail-coverts bright yellow. 
