36 TIMELIID;E. 



very common bird. Blyth says it occurs in Arrakan. Its habits are quite those 

 of P. hamorrhous. Breeds at about the same time of year, building a nest of 

 the same construction, and laying eggs of a similar type. 



451. Pycnonotus nigripileus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 472; 



id., Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 209 ; Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 549 ; Blyth and 

 Wald., B. Br. Burnt, p. 135 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 126; Gates, 

 B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 191. Ixos nigripileus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 265. Mol- 

 pastes nigropileus, Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 126; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. 

 p. 321 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 98. The TENASSERIM RED-VENTED BULBUL. 



Crown of the head black, forming a cap ; lores, feathers round the eye, 

 base of cheeks and chin black ; ear coverts, cheeks and throat pale earthy 

 brown ; foreneck and breast light brown, the feathers margined with ashy 

 whitish ; back light earthy brown, the feathers with ashy margins; lower back 

 and rump the same but with less whitish margins ; upper tail coverts dull white 

 with a slight shade of pink ; wing coverts like the back ; greater and primary 

 coverts also the quills dark brown, the primaries margined narrowly with 

 ashy ; tail dark brown, the base rather lighter and the tips white ; abdomen 

 dull white ; under tail coverts crimson ;. under wing coverts and axillaries 

 light ashy brown ; bill, legs and feet black ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 7-5 to 8 inches ; wing 3-55 ; tail 3-5 to 3*7 ; tarsus 0*85 ; culmen 

 075. 



Hal. The Burmese countries. Common throughout the more open and 

 better cultivated portions of Tenasserim, north of Amherst. Recorded from 

 Tonghoo and the Karen hills and Kaukaryit. 



452. PycnonotUS atricapillus (Vieill), Wald in Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 136; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 127; Oates, B. Br. Burm. \. p. 127. 

 Muscicapa atricapillus, Vieill, Nouv. Diet. d'Nat. Hist. xxi. p. 489. 

 Haematornis chrysorrhoides, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 367. Haematornis 

 atricapillus, Hay, Madr. Journ. xiii. 1844, p. 160. Molpastes chrysorrhoides, 

 Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 477. Molpastes atricapillus, Hume and Dav., Str. F. 

 vi. p. 322 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 99. The CHINESE RED-VENTED BULBUL. 



Above light ashy brown, the edges of the feathers lighter ; head crested ; 

 forehead, crown of head, lores, chin and cheeks black ; throat, ear coverts, 

 sides of neck and whole lower plumage whity brown ; under tail coverts 

 crimson ; tail brown, paler at the base, all the feathers tipped with white ; rump 

 whity brown ; upper tail coverts whity brown, the longer ones tipped with 

 darker brown ; wings and their coverts brown, edged exteriorly with paler ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries pale fulvescent brown j legs, feet and 

 claws black ; iris brown to dark brown. 



Length. *]$ to 8 inches; wing 37 to 375; tail 37; tarsus 0-8 to 0-9; 

 culmen 07. 



