RUBIGULA. 47 



Gen. Rubigula. Blyth. 



Bill as in Otocompsa, but broader than it is high ; rictal bristles moderate ; 

 tail slightly rounded or nearly even. Head more or less crested ; feathers of 

 the back lax and decomposed. 



489. Rubigula gularis (Gould}, Biyth,J. A.S.B. xiv. p. 576 ; xv. 



p. 287; Jerd., B. Ltd. ii. p. 87; Hartl., Str. F. 1877, p. 405; Hume, 

 Sir. F. 1879, p. 98. Brachypus gularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, P- l86 J Bp- 

 Consp.i. p. 264; Walden, Ibis, 1866, p. 423. Pycnonotus gularis, Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 237. The INDIAN RUBY-THROATED BULBUL. 



Crown and nape and entire sides of head glossy black ; upper surface, 

 including the wing coverts, yellowish olive green, the latter edged with brighter 

 yellow ; quills dusky brown, the outer webs yellowish olive, which again is 

 narrowly edged with brighter yellow ; tail olive brown, edged with olive yellow. 

 A small black chin spot present ; throat shining ruby red, the feathers rather 

 bristly ; under surface of the body from the lower throat bright yellow, the 

 sides of the breast and flanks washed with olive; under wing coverts and 

 axillaries yellowish white. Bill black; legs greenish dusky; irides light yellow. 



Length. 6 inches; wing 2'8 ; tail 2*5; culmen o'6 ; tarsus O'6. 



Hal). Southern India, in the forests of Malabar, extending from Travancore 

 to North Canara. Jerdon observes that it frequents open spots and glades in 

 thick jungle, and that it is usually found in the neighbourhood of water. It 

 lives in small families, is sprightly and active, hopping about the smaller 

 branches of trees, and uttering now and then its pleasant twitter. 



470. Rubigula cyaniventris (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 



vi. p. 109; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 200. Pycnonotus cyaniventris, Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. xi. p. 792; Stricki., P. Z. S. 1846, p. 101. Ixidia cyaniventris, 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 260; Stol., J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 316; Plume and T)av., 

 Str. F. 1874, p. 477; Hume, Str. F. 1878, p. 320; 1879, pp. 63, 98. The 

 GREY-BELLIED BULBUL. 



Head, neck, sides of the neck, ear coverts, sides of the face, and lower 

 plumage deep slaty blue; lores black; a streak over the eye and forehead 

 paler slaty ; upper plumage, including the wing coverts bright greenish yellow ; 

 quills dark brown, all but the first two primaries broadly edged with greenish 

 yellow, brighter than the colour of the back ; tail light brown, the feathers 

 washed with olive yellow on their outer webs ; under tail coverts and edge of 

 the wing bright yellow ; under wing coverts very pale sulphur yellow ; thighs 

 dusky grey washed with olive yellow. Bill black ; legs and feet very dark 

 plumbeous ; irides dark brown, dark plumbeous slate colour and grey brown. 



Length. 5-5 to 6*5 inches; wing 2-95 to 3'i2; tail 2-55 to 27; tarsus 0-55 

 to 0-65 ; culmen 0*5 ; from gape 075. 



Females smaller and darker in colour. 



