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Whole head dull olive yellow, the crown rather bright yellow ; a loral spot 

 of orange ; ear coverts olive yellow ; throat olive yellow, the feathers with 

 ashy bases ; breast and sides of the body ashy brown, slightly washed with 

 olive ; lower abdomen, vent, under wing coverts, axillaries, edge of wings, and 

 tinder tail coverts bright yellow ; thighs olive, yellow behind ; back and 

 rump ashy brown washed with olive ; upper tail coverts olive yellow ; wing 

 coverts olive green ; quills brown, edged on the outer webs with olive green ; 

 the primaries edged externally with olive yellow ; tail olive brown, the feathers 

 margined externally with olive yellow ; bill dark horny or dusky black ; legs 

 and feet dusky black ; iris brownish white or pale yellow. 



Length. 77 inches; wing 3-3; tail 3 % l ; tarsus 075; oilmen 07. 



Hab. The Western Burmese countries from Arrakan to Rangoon, Gates 

 says it is confined to the southern portion of Pegu and that it is abundant at 

 Rangoon, also at Kyakpadien and near the Sittang River. Mr. Blanford met 

 with it at Bassein. 



This Bulbul, Gates adds, is a bird of the cultivated parts of the country. 

 It is usually found in gardens, clearings, and the neighbouring scrub jungle. 

 It has a pleasant cheerful note, and where one bird is seen others are generally 

 found. Two nests were taken by Gates near Kyakpadien in the beginning 

 of June. They were placed, one in a bush and the other in a creeper about 4 

 feet from the ground. They were flimsy, shallow cups made of dry weeds 

 and Hned with grass, and contained two eggs each. Eggs pinkish white, 

 marked with red and purple. 



460. PycnonOtUS XatltllOla&mUS, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. p. 

 122 ; id. III. Ind. Orn., pi. 35 ; Blyth J . A. S. B. xiv. p. 568 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B.Br. Mus. vi., p. 146. Brachypus xantholaemus, Bp Consp. Av. i., p. 264. 

 Ixus xantholaemus, Jerd, B. Ind. ii. p. 85, No. 453; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 98. JERDON'S YELLOW-THROATED BULBUL. 



Head and sides of the face yellowish olive ; fore part of cheeks and throat 

 bright yellow ; general color above ashy grey ; wing coverts and quills light 

 brown margined externally with olive ; upper tail coverts dull olive ; tail 

 feathers light brown edged with olive, all but the centre ones tipped with 

 yellowish white, increasing in extent towards the outermost feathers ; under 

 surface of body light ashy grey from the fore-neck downwards, the centre of 

 the abdomen white ; thighs and under tail coverts yellow ; under wing coverts 

 and axillaries light yellow ; bill and legs black ; irides red (Sharpe). 



Length.- 7-6 inches ; wing 3-2 ; tail 3-2 ; tarsus O'8 ; culmen 07. 



Hab. Southern India, confined to the Eastern Ghauts west of Nellore. 



461. PycnonOtUS blanfordi, Jerd. Ibis. 1862, p. 20; Anderson, 

 Yunnan Exp., p. 659; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus t vi. p. 151 ; Oates, B. Br. 

 Burnt, i. p. 195. Pycnonotus familiaris, Bl. J. A. S. B. xxxi. p. 343. 



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