18 TIMELIID/E. 



C. icierocephala is another species which is close to chlorocephala, but this, 

 till now, is only known from the Malay Peninsula. The crown of the head 

 is rich golden fulvous, and the forehead and band encircling the throat pure 

 yellow. 



Sub-family. PYCNONOTIKME. 



Head generally crested or sub-crested. Plumage usually full, and with 

 hairs or bristles arising in many instances from either the head or nape. Sexes 

 usually alike and plain in colour. Inhabitants of forests, jungles, orchards 

 and groves. Food fruit and insects. 



Gen. Hypsipetes. Vigors. 



Bill moderately long, nearly straight ; culmen very slightly arched ; nostrils 

 long, with a few scanty hairs at base ; wings longer than in Chloropsis ; 4th 

 and 5th quills generally the longest, 3rd sub-equal ; tail long, square, emar- 

 ginate ; legs and feet short ; tarsi not scutellate in front. 



426. Hypsipotes psaroides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 43 ; Gould, 



Cent. Him. B. PI. 10; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 77, No. 444 ; Hend. and Hume, 

 Lahore to Yarhand, p. 198 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 132 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 

 vi. p. 296 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 98 ; Scully, t. c. p. 293 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. vi. p. 36; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 173. The HIMALAYAN BLACK 



BULBUL. 



Adult Male. Head and nape glossy greenish black, the feathers lanceolate 

 in shape and forming a conspicuous crest ; ear coverts and a spot at the base 

 of the nostrils hoary grey ; lores, a spot at the base of the lower mandible, 

 another at the angle of the chin, forepart of eyelid, and a streak under the ear 

 coverts black ; chin, throat, breast and flanks grey ; abdomen and vent whitish, 

 the feathers being pale grey with white margins ; under tail coverts grey with 

 broad white edges ; under wing coverts and axillaries light ashy brown with 

 indistinct white tips . back and least wing coverts light slaty grey ; the median 

 and greater coverts, also primary coverts, more ashy grey, but externally edged 

 with light slaty like the back ; quills dusky brown, externally light grey ; tail 

 blackish brown, edged with light slaty grey towards their base ; bill and 

 feet bright coral red ; irides dark brown ; claws horny brown. 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches; wing 4-6 to 5 ; tail 3-85 to 4-4; tarsus 07 

 to O'/5 ; culmen i. 



Hab. The Himalayan Black Bulbul inhabits the whole range of the Hima- 

 layas from Cashmere to Assam and Arrakan. It has been found at Simla, in 

 Kumaon, Nepaul, Darjeeling, Bhootan and Assam, also Punjab, N.-W. Pro- 

 vinces, Oudh and Bengal, and probably occurs in the hill tracts of the Indo- 

 Burmese countries. It is, according to Dr. Scully, a sociable bird, but in the 

 breeding season it is said to be fearless and noisy, and to imitate the songs of 

 other birds. Usually this species is found in large flocks during spring and 



