MOLPASTES. 387 



(402) Molpastes haemorrhous chrysorrhoides. * 

 THE CHINESE EED-VENTED BULBUL. 



Hcp.matornis chrysorrhoides Lafr., Rev. Zool., p. 367 (1845) (China). 

 Molpastes atricapillus. Blanf. & Gates, i. p. 270. 



Vernacular names. Kator-tor-mang (Kachin) ; Ko-lcai-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. \Viug about 85 to 111 mm. Chinese birds vary 

 between 90 and 111 mm. and two very doubtful birds from 

 Tenasserim have wings of only 87 mm. 



Distribution. From the Xorth of Karenni through the Kachin 

 Hills, Shan States and Yunnan to South- AVest 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 22'9xl7'3 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 Eed-vented Bulbul is the same familar bird 

 in Chinii and the Burmo-Chinese countries that the Indian Eed- 

 vented Bulbul is in India but over a great part of its range it is a 

 bird of the semi-jungle and forest laud as well as of villages and 

 towns. Otherwise in all its habits it differs in no way from the 

 other geographical races. 



(403) Molpastes haemorrhous bengalensis. 

 THE BENGAL EED-VEN.TED BULBUL. 



Molpastes bmqalensis Blyth, J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 566 (1845) (Bengal) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 271. 



Vernacular names. Bulbul, Bulbulli (Hind.) ; Kola Bulbul 

 (Beng.) ; Bulbul-sorai (Assam) ; Dao-bullip (Cachari) ; Inrui 

 bullip (Noga); / ? Wom(Bhut.); Manclepli-pho (Lepcha). 



* Muscicapa atricapiUa of Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxi, p. 489 (1818) 

 is preoccupied by Linne, 1768, and cannot be used. 



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