264 CRATEROPODIDyE. 



ashy, the crown edged paler, and the upper tail-coverts tinged with 

 olive-green ; tail brown, tinged with olive-green on the basal halves 

 of the outer webs ; greater wing-coverts brown on the inner and 

 olive-yellow on the outer webs ; quills brown ; the fourth to the 

 seventh primaries edged with grey below the emarginations, all the 

 other quills edged externally with olive-yellow, obsolete on the 

 earlier primaries, increasing on the others, and ultimately occupy- 

 ing the entire outer web of the tertiaries ; lores and cheeks 

 blackish; ear-coverts bronze-grey; chin, throat, centre of the 

 abdomen, and vent white ; breast, sides of neck, and flanks light 

 grey. 



Bill black; iris dark reddish brown; feet dusky (Scully}. 



Length about 8-5 ; tail 3 - 7 ; wing 3*8 ; tarsus '7 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Mussoorie to the head of the 

 Assam valley; the Khasi and Garo hills; Manipur; the hills east 

 of Bhamo ; Arrakan. This bird appears to be found up to about 

 6000 feet. 



273. Hemixus davisoni. Davison's Brown-eared Bulbul. 



Hemixus davisoni, Hume, S. F. v, p. Ill (1877) ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. 

 vi, p. 299 ; Hume, Cat. no. 448 ter ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 51 ; 

 Oates, B. B. i, p. 176. 



Coloration. Resembles H.flavala. Differs in having the entire 

 crown and nape a rich dark brown; the back, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and smaller wing-coverts also brown but paler; in the tail 

 being less suffused \\ith olive-green and the breast being distinctly 

 ashy and not grey ; and lastly in the yellow edges to the quills 

 being narrower. 



Bill, legs, feet, and claws black ; iris bright brown (Darling) 

 iris crimson-lake (Hume fy Davison). 



Length about 8-5 ; tail 3*6 ; wing 4 ; tarsus *6 ; bill from gape 1. 



Distribution. This species has only been procured at Meetan and 

 Thoungyah in Tenasserim. It is apparently entirely confined to 

 the hill-forests. 



274. Hemixus hildebrandi. HildebrancTs Brown-eared Bulbul. 



Hemixus hildebrandi, Hume, S. F. ii, p. 508 (1874) ; Wald. in BlytWs 

 Birds Burm. p. 133 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. Ill ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. 

 vi, p. 299 ; Hume, Cat. no. 448 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 50 ; 

 Oates, B. B. i, p. 176. 



Coloration. Resembles H.flavala. Differs in having the forehead, 

 crown, and nape dark brown or blackish, contrasting with the rest 

 of the plumage. 



Iris lake-brown ; bill black ; legs light brown ( Wardlaw llamsay). 

 Iris crimson ; bill black ; legs and feet dark reddish horn-colour 

 (Flume fy Davison). 



Length about 8-5; tai!3'8; wing 4-1; tarsus -65; bill from 

 gape 1. 



