42 TIMELIID^E. 



Microtarsus blanfordi, Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 125 ; Ixus blanfordi, Bl. and 

 Wald. B. Burm. p. 134; Oates, Sir. F. v. p. 156; Hume, Sir. F. viii. 

 p. 98 ; Oates, Str. F- x. p. 210 BLANFORD'S BULBUL. 



Cheeks and throat dull white ; ear coverts brown with distinct silvery white 

 shaft lines ; lores greyish tinged with fulvous ; whole upper plumage and tail 

 olive brown ; the forehead and crown paler with dark centres to the feathers ; 

 wings like the back, the outer webs of the quills edged externally with fulvous 

 yellow ; neck and breast brownish grey, mingled with a good deal of fulvous ; 

 abdomen, sides of the body, under wing and tail coverts pure fulvous ; thighs 

 fulvous brown j axillaries the same ; bill light brown, paler at the base of the 

 lower mandible and gape ; legs clear plumbeous ; irides pale yellowish brown ; 

 eyelids greenish plumbeous. 



Length. ?$ to 77 inches ; wing 3*2 to 3^3 ; tail 3'2 to 3-45 ; tarsus 0*8 ; 

 culmen 07. 



Hab. Indo-Chinese sub-region. Found in Burmah and Upper Pegu, rang- 

 ing into the hills of Cochin-China, Its habits are similar to those of the last, 

 also its nidification. 



462. Pycnonotus plumosus, Blytk, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 567; 



Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 198 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. p. 152 ; Oates, 

 B. Br.Burm.i.p. 196. Brachypus plumosus Tweedd. IbiSj 1877, P- 37* 

 Ixus plumosus, Hume and Damson, Str. F. vi. p. 309 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 98. The LARGE OLIVE BULBUL. 



Upper plumage olive brown, rather darker on the head, the feathers edged 

 with olive green ; lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts slightly clearer 

 olive brown ; the wing coverts darker than the back and more strongly shaded 

 with olive yellow ; quills brown, edged on their outer web with olive yellow ; 

 tail the same, the feathers margined with olive yellow ; cheeks and ear coverts 

 brown with dull white shaft streaks ; under surface of body earthy brown, 

 darker on the sides of the breast and flanks ; chin, throat, and centre of 

 abdomen dull whitish ; under tail coverts buffish or olivaceous ochrey ; under 

 wing coverts, axillaries, and edge of wing buff or saffron-yellow ; bill blackish 

 brown ; legs and feet reddish brown ; irides deep red or burnt sienna. 



Length. 7-5 to 7'8 inches ; wing 3-3 to 3*5 ; tail 2-8 to 3^2 ; tarsus 0*85 ; 

 culmen 07. 



Hab. Sumatra and Borneo, ranging through the Malayan Peninsula to the 

 southern part of the Tenasserim province. (Sharpe.) The British Museum 

 possesses specimens from Sarawak, Labuan, Sumatra, and Malacca. Gates 

 says it inhabits Tenasserim as far north as Pabyin, which is a village close to 

 Mergui, and quotes Dr. Tirand to the effect that it is common in Cochin- 

 China, and Mr. Davison that it keeps chiefly to the forests and does not 

 appear ever to descend to the ground. 



