IOLE. 407 



were taken in May well inside thin jungle of mixed bamboo and 

 secondary growth, thin forest or deserted cultivation patches 

 inside deep forest and all were placed over or close to game- 

 tracks. 



The eggs are in type like those of icterica but darker and more 

 handsome, some closely approaching speckled eggs of Molpastes in 

 general appearance. They measure about 22*6 x 16'3 mm. 



Habits. This Bulbul seems to be nowhere common ; I never 

 saw it but in pairs or singly, a rather secretive, quiet bird, feeding 

 on the higher bushes and thin tree-tops but not, apparently, 

 frequenting the more dense and humid tree-forest. It is said to 

 be more often met with in flocks in Pegu, where it does some- 

 times enter quite heavy forest. Beyond the jarring " chir " made 

 by the birds caught in nooses, I have not heard it utter any call. 



It is found from the level of the plains up to some 2,000 feet. 



(421) lole olivacea cinnamomeoventris. 



THE TENASSEBIM OLIVE-BULBUL. 



lole virescens cinnamomeoventris Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C., xxxvii, 

 p. 16 (1917) (Tenasserim). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. This race differs from the last in being darker and 

 more ruddy and less green above ; it is also duller and less yellow- 

 below, the throat and fore-neck being grey, only faintly tinged with 

 yellow ; the under tail-coverts are cinnamon, this colour often 

 extending on to the belly. 



Colours of soft parts. "Iris dark; maxilla blackish, mandible 

 grey; feet fleshy-brown"^. G. Herbert}. " Irides clear grey, 

 dark slaty, salmon-pink or golden-brown " (Davison). 



Measurements. About the same as in the last; wing 73 to 

 80 mm., in one 82 mm. 



Distribution. Peninsular Burma and Siam extending as far 

 North as Karenni and Central West Siam. Robinson and Kloss 

 identify birds from Cochin China and Aunam as belonging to this 

 subspecies. One of their specimens, a male from Annam, is as 

 much as 84 mm. in wing measurement. 



Nidification unknown. 



Habits. According to Davison " This is a forest bird but occur- 

 ring also in thin tree-jungle and even entering well-wooded 

 gardens. It is met with singly or in pairs, foraging about the 

 trees and living chiefly on berries, and never, I believe, descending 

 to the ground. They are rather lively birds, moving about a 

 great deal and having a pleasant soft whistling note, something 

 like that of Ixos fiiilaysoni, but distinguishable at once." 



