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bright green, lighter in the centre of the abdomen ; wings deeper green than 

 the back ; lesser coverts cobalt blue, forming a shoulder patch ; quills blackish 

 and externally green, shading off into yellowish towards the tips of the 

 primaries; tail dark green; the inner webs dusky; axillaries green; bill 

 black ; legs bluish plumbeous ; iris dark bro\vn. 



The female is not unlike the male, but the colours are less vivid. 

 Length.- 6-5 to 7-5 inches; wing 2-9 103-45 ; tail 2-4 to 2-6; tarsus 07; 

 culmen 0-85. 



Hab. The sub-Himalayan region from Dehra Doon to Sikkim, extending to 

 Lower Bengal. It also occurs through Arrakan, Pegu, Assam and Burmah to 

 Tenasserim and Cambodia ; also Cochin-China. In Tenasserim, according to 

 Davison, it is common as far south as Amherst, and Captain Bingham states it 

 is abundant in the Thoungyeen Valley. It has also been procured in Karenne. 

 According to Gates, this Bulbul goes in pairs when feeding. Their food 

 consists of insects. The male bird, he says, frequently sits on the summit of 

 a tree and gives utterance to a series of notes, which at times becomes a rather 

 sweet song. They feed a good deal on fruit too and the nectar of flowers. 

 They are not at all shy, and may be met with in gardens and compounds just 

 as frequently as in deep forests. 



421. ChlorOpSiS malabarica (GmeL), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 vi. p. 22. Turdus malabaricus, GmeL, Syst. Nat. i. p. 837. Phyllornis 

 malabaricus, Blyth, J . A. S. B. xiv. p. 566 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xiii. ; Jerd. 

 Bt Ind. ii. p. 99, No. 464 ; Fairbank, Str. F. 1876, p. 258 ; Bourdillon, t. c. 

 p. 400 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 99 : Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 488. The 

 MALABAR GREEN BULBUL. 



Adult Male. Bright grass green ; wing coverts like the back, the lesser 

 series bright greenish cobalt, forming a shoulder patch; quills blackish, 

 externally green, and edged with brighter green ; tail dull green, the inner 

 webs blackish ; forehead bright orange ; no orange across the foreneck, which, 

 like the breast, is green ; lores, a circle of feathers round the eye and below 

 it, under part of the cheeks as well as the entire thorax black ; ear coverts 

 and sides of neck green ; moustachial streak cobalt ; under surface of body 

 light green ; edge of the wing blue ; bill blackish ; legs and feet plumbeous ; 

 irides light yellow brown. 



Length. 7*3 to 7-5 inches; wing 3-5 to 375 ; tail 27 to 3; tarsus O'8; 

 culmen 0*9. 



The female is smaller and has the forehead green, and the throat patch and 

 moustachial stripe smaller. 



Hab. The forests of Malabar and Southern India, occurring also inTravan- 

 core, on the Eastern Ghauts, forests of Central India, and throughout the 

 northern half of Ceylon. Jerdon mentions it from Wynaad, Coorg, and on the 



