386 PYCNONOT1D.S. 



Manipur it may be said to be the constant form as it is in Ltishai ; 

 in the Eastern Oachar Hills birds are nearer this form than 

 benyalensis 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 dividing lines between all the races of ihis 

 Bulbul the birds inhabiting them will themselves be more or less 

 intermediate. 



Nidification. Similar lo 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, bamboo- 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 23'8xl6'7; 22-2xl7'5 and 20 5 x 

 15-5; 2 1-2x15-0 mm. 



In the northern portion of its habilat four is the normal clutch 

 for this bird, further south three only, whilst round about Rangoon 

 it often lays but two. The breeding season hists from April to 

 July, earlier in the south, later still in the north. 



(401) Molpastes hsemorrhous nigripileus. 

 THE TENASSEUIM EED-VKXTED BULBUL. 



Pt/cnonotus nif/ripileus Blyth, J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 472 (1847) 



(Tennsserim). 

 Molpastes nif/ripileus. Bianf. & Gates, i, p. 270. 



Vernacular names. Boli-lca-lone (Burmese). 



Colours of soft parts as usual. Legs and feet black. 



Measurements. Wing about 85 to 99 mm. 



Distribution. Bunna^East of the Sittang liiver, 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 nic/ripileiut. 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 

 Tenasserim one meets with individuals which ha\e rather light 

 oar-coverts, thus showing some approach to the next race. 



Nidiflcation. Darling found a nest of this bird containing three 

 eggs on the 16th March in Tenasserim. This is recorded as that 

 of the Chinese Bed-vented Bulbul. Nest and eggs are in no wav 

 distinguishable from those of others of the genus. The few egg's 

 I have seen average about 24*1 x 17'0 mm. but a larger series 

 would assuredlv 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. 



