374 PYCNONOTID^E. 



tail 3-85, tarsus O7, bill from gape 0*85. These measurements 

 were taken in the flesh." (Bingham.) 



Distribution. Southern Shan States, North-West Siam and 

 East Central Burma. Wickham reports it as not uncommon at 

 Taung-gyi. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. According to Wickham this is a Bulbul of high 

 elevations during the breeding season, when it is found from 

 6,000 feet upwards. In the non-breeding season it comes down 

 to lower elevations between 3,000 and 4,000 feet, going about in 

 small flocks. Their note is harsh but quite typical of the family. 



Genus HEMIXUS Hodgson, 1844. 



The genus Hemixus, of which H. flavala is the type, contains 

 two Indian species and many subspecies. It differs from 

 Mieroscelis in having the tail square or slightly rounded and its 

 outer feathers straight. The crest consists of a great number of 

 short but sharply-pointed feathers. The nuchal hairs are short 

 and indistinct, but the rictal bristles are strong. The wing is 

 pointed, the secondaries falling well short of the longest primaries. 



The bill is like that of Mieroscelis but the tarsus is slightly shorter, 

 though this is not noticeable in dry skins. 



Jtey to Species and Subspecies. 

 \. Tail dark brown. 



a. Head and back practically con- 



colorous H.JiavulaJldvala, p. 374. 



b. Head much darker and contrasting 



with the back. 

 a'. Back brown, though lighter than 



head H. fl. davixoni, p. 376. 



b'. Back grey H.fl. hildebrandi, p. 376. 



B. Tail green. 



c. Back green. 



c'. Breast and sides of neck strongly [p. 377. 



rufous; throat nearly pure white H.mucclellandi macclellandi f 

 d'. Breast and sides of neck merely 



tinged rufous ; throat grey H. m. tickelli, p. 378. 



d. Back brown H. m. binyhumi, p. 379. 



(391) Hemixus flavaia flavala. 

 THE HIMALAYAN BROWN-EARED BULBUL. 



Hemixus Jlnvala Hodgs., J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 572 (1845) (Nepal) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 263. 



Vernacular names. Nalli-pindi (Lepcha), Dao lulip-yadcbct 

 (Cachari). 



Description. Upper plumage and smaller wing-coverts dark 

 ashy, the feathers of the crown edged paler and the upper tail- 

 coverts tinged with olive-green ; tail brown, tinged with olive- 



