MICROPUS. 27 



Palawan. Ranges to these parts from Dacca and Tipperah through Tenasserim 

 and the Malay Peninsula. Ic is stated by Blyth to occur in Arrakan. 

 Gates says it is generally distributed over the southern portions of Pegu, and 

 that it is very abundant near Rangoon, and all the way up to Pegu, also on the 

 spurs of hills north of that town. It was met with at Bassein by Mr.Blanford, 

 and at Syriam by Dr. Armstrong. According to Davison it is found abun- 

 dantly over the whole of Tenasserim. It is more abundant during the rains 

 than at any other time, and is common everywhere, in small or large com- 

 panies, frequenting thin jungle and the neighbourhood of gardens, feeding 

 entirely on fruit. Davison says it has two notes, very distinct and unlike those 

 of other Bulbuls one a lively sharp chirp, and the other a melancholy double 

 whistle. 



438. MicropUS fusciflavescens (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. vi. p. 66. Micropus fuscoflavescens, Hume, Sir. F. 1873, p. 297 ; 

 Wald^ Ibis, 1873, p. 306 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 224 ; id., Sir. F. 1879, 



p. 98. Brachypodius melanocephalus (nee. Gm.}, Ball, J . A. S. B. xli. 

 pi. 2, 1872, p. 284 ; /</., Str. F. 1873, p. TI. The ANDAMAN BLACK-HEADED 



BULBUL. 



Adult Male. General colour above olive yellow, the wing coverts like the 

 back, the edges of the greater series rather brighter yellow; quills dusky 

 brown, externally olive yellow, brighter on the secondaries, the innermost of 

 which are entirely of this latter colour; lower back, rump and upper tail 

 coverts brighter yellow, with an appearance of black bands across the rump, 

 the feathers of which are black, with broad golden yellow ends ; tail feathers 

 dull olive yellow, with bright yellow tips, before which is a subterminal black 

 shade ; head dull olive, with an oily greenish gloss not distinct enough to 

 form a regular cap ; lores, a narrow eyebrow, and the sides of the head and 

 neck, as well as the lower throat and foreneck, dull olive green ; throat 

 dull glossy purple ; remainder of under surface of body, including the wing 

 coverts and axillaries, bright yellow ; bill greenish slate colour ; iris bluish 

 white. (Sharpe.) 



Length. 6-3 inches ; wing 3 ; tail 27 ; tarsus O-6 ; culmen 0*65 . 



The female is larger and similar in colour. 



Hab. Confined to the Andaman Island, where it is resident. (Sharpe.) 



439. Micropus cinereiventris (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 



Mus. vi. p. 67; Oates B. Br. Burm. i. p. 182. Brachypodius cinereiventris, 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 576 ; Wald. in Blyth, B. Burm. p. 136 ; Hume and 

 Dav., vi. p. 319 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 198 ; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 2IO. The 

 GREY-BELLIED BULBUL. 



Similar to Micropus melanocephalus, excepting that the breast, upper 

 abdomen and mantle are ashy or light bluish grey instead of olive yellow ; 

 iris blue; eyelids grey; bill black; legs and claws brownish black. 



