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Length. 77 to 8-8 inches; wing 3*6 to 3-7; tail 3-2 to 3-3; tarsus 07 to 

 0*75 ; culmen 075. 



Hab. Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and the extreme southern portion 

 of Tenasserim, at Pakchan and Bankasoon. 



According to Mr. Davison, this Bulbul avoids forests and affects clumps of 

 trees, bushes or scrubby jungle, and is only seen in pairs or singly. 

 Gen. "SLicropMB.Swainson. 



Bill as in lole and Pinarocichla, but stouter, shorter, and higher than broad 

 at the nostrils. Head not crested. 



Head of Micropus melanocephalus. 



4:31 MicrOpUS melanocephalus (Gmel.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vi. p. 56; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 181. Lanius melanocephalus, 

 Gmel., Syst. Nat. i. p. 309. Turdus atriceps, Tern. PI. Col. 147. Ixos 

 metallicus, Eyton, Ann. N. Hist. Ser. I, xvi. p. 228. Brachypodius 

 melanocephalus, Sahad. Ucc. Born. p. 201; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 136; 

 Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 324 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 318 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 98. Brachypodius immaculatus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876 p. 39. 

 The BLACK- HEADED BULBUL. 



Entire head, chin and throat metallic black with a purplish lustre ; breast, 

 flanks, upper abdomen, and lower surface olive yellow, brighter yellow in the 

 centre of the body and under tail coverts ; back olive yellow ; rump the same, 

 the feathers with black bases ; upper tail coverts bright yellow; tail feathers 

 yellow, with a subterminal black band and bright yellow tips ; lesser wing 

 coverts like the back, the greater and median series brighter yellow ; winglet, 

 primaries and their coverts black, edged paler on the outer web ; secondaries 

 black, broadly edged on the outer web with olive green ; tertiaries olive green 

 on the outer webs and black on the inner ; under wing coverts and axillaries 

 bright yellow; bill black; mouth pale blue; iris blue; legs plumbeous. 



The female is darker in colour, and the young bird has the whole plumage, 

 including the head, of a dull olive green colour. 



Length. 6"] to 7-2 inches ; wing 3-3 ; tail 275 to 3*2 ; tarsus o'5 to 0-55 ; 

 culmen O'6. 



Hob. Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands of 



