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richly coloured eggs anil the texture is distinctly more fragile and 

 coarser, the surface seldom having any gloss. Fifty eggs average 

 26-2x1 8-2 mm. and the extremes are 28'1 Xl9'6 mm., 27'3X 

 19'3 and 22'0xl6'0. The last is both the shortest and most 

 narrow. 



Habits. This Bulbul is not gregarious though, where food is 

 plentiful, two or three pairs may be found in company. They 

 frequent lighter forest, bush and scrub in preference to heavy 

 forest, rarely entering these to any depth except in the breed- 

 ing season. They are quiet birds but have a few musical 

 notes and a loud mellow call, a whistle with three ascending 

 notes. It is found up to about 7,000 feet and in winter descends 

 to 2,000 feet. It is a most amiable bird and will allow much 

 smaller birds to drive it away from food without making any 

 protest. 



(395) Hemixus macclellandi tickelli. 

 TICKELL'S BULBUL. 



Hypsipetes tickelli Blyth, J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 275 (1855) (Interior of 



Teuasserim). 

 Hemixus tickelli. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 265. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Differs from the Bufous-bellied Bulbul in having 

 the lower plumage grey tending to white on the abdomen and 

 the breast streaked with whitish shaft-stripes ; the ear-coverts 

 and the sides of the neck are pale rusty, which colour also tinges 

 the breast ; the shaft-stripes of the crest-feathers are broader and 

 whiter ; the throat is grey instead of white. 



Colours of soft parts. " Legs and feet fleshy-pink, light 

 purplish brown, pale pinkish brown or pale reddish brown ; bill 

 black, hoary black or dark hoary brown ; iris wood-brown, deep 

 red-brown, light red or crimson " (Hume and Davison}. 



Measurements. Total length about 230 to 240 mm.; wing- 

 97 to 102 mm. ; tail about 106 mm.; tarsus about 18 mm.; cnlmen 

 about 23 mm. 



Distribution. Karenni and the hills of East Central Burma 

 to Muleyit in Tenasserim. 



Nidification. Unknown. 



Habits. This race seems to be found in much the same kind of 

 forest as that frequented by the last bird but it is also found in 

 pine-forests, in which H. m. macclellandi does not seem to enter. 

 It occurs from 2,500 up to 4,000 feet. 



There is a form of Hemixus macclellandi found in the Kachin 

 Hills (Harington) but I have not seen any specimens. Pre- 

 sumably it is typical macclellandi with which Haringfcon placed it 

 but it may be this Karen Hills form, ticlcelli, and specimens are 

 badly wanted to confirm or disprove this. 



