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from the nostrils to above the fore part of the eye ; ear coverts and cheeks 

 silky white ; a small spot of blackish brown behind them ; rest of cheeks and 

 throat blackish brown. Above pale earthy brown or ashy brown washed slightly 

 with olive ; upper tail coverts darker ; wing coverts and quills brown, edged 

 with dull olive ; tail dark brown, paler at the base, edged with olive and 

 tipped with white; under surface of the body ashy or pale whitey brown, 

 mottled with dusky mesially; under tail coverts bright yellow; under wing 

 coverts and auxiliaries ashy brown. Bill black ; feet plumbeous ; irides light 

 brown. 



Length. 7*5 inches; wing 3-55 to 37; tail 3-4 to 3*6; oilmen 07; 

 tarsus o - S5. 



Hab. The Himalayan range from Cashmere to Bhootan to 5,000 feet 

 elevation. Abundant in Sikkim. Feeds on seeds, fruits, and insects. Nest 

 of the same construction as that of O. emeria. Eggs 3 to 4 ; colour and size 

 same as those of emeria, pinkish or rosy white, speckled, blotched, and streaked 

 with purplish or claret. 



468. OtOCOmpsa flaviventriS (TicMl), Sharpe, Cat. B.Br. Mus., 

 Gates, B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 199. Vanga flaviventris, Tickell, J. A. S. B. 

 ii. p. 573. Rubigula flaviventris, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 88, No. 456; Bl. B. 

 Sunn. p. 136; Hume, Sir. F, 1878, p. 317; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 98; 

 Scully, Sir. F. 1879, p. 295. The BLACK-CRESTED YELLOW BULBUL. 



Whole head, which is crested, chin, and throat black ; sides of the neck and 

 lower plumage yellow ; upper plumage olive yellow, also the wing coverts ; 

 quills dusky brown, externally olive yellow ; tail brown, margined with yellow ; 

 under wing coverts yellowish white. Bill black ; legs and feet dark plumbeous 

 or greenish black ; irides pale yellow. 



Length. 7-4 to 7-6 inches ; wing 3*3 to 3-65 ; tail 3-5 to 3-6 ; oilmen o'6 ; 

 tarsus 0*7. 



Hab. The Himalayas, from Nepaul to Bhootan, extending into Assam, 

 Arrakan, and Burmah, also in the forests of Central India, where it was, accord- 

 ing to Jerdon, procured by 'tickell. Jerdon found it in the warm valleys of 

 Sikkim from 1,200 to 3,000 feet, and most abundant in the lower elevation as 

 on the'banks of the Runjeet. He adds that it associates in small flocks, is lively 

 and active, and has the usually twittering notes of the family. Gates says it is 

 common throughout Pegu, both in the hills and in the plains, and that Capt. 

 Wardlaw-Ramsay observed it in Karennee. He also remarks that it is spread 

 throughout the whole of Tenasserim. It ranges into Cochin-China and 

 necessarily into Siam. It is found in the Indo-Burmese countries, also in 

 the Eastern Bengal Hills. It nests in bushes about three feet from theground. 

 Structure cup-shaped, made of twigs and roots, and lined with grass. Eggs 

 three in number, white, marked with pink and claret. 



