HEMIXUS. 205 



Distribution. The pine-forests of the Salween district in Tenasseriin 

 at 3000 feet, and the Karen hills east of Toungngoo from 2000 to 

 4000 feet. 



" 275. Hemixus macclellandi. The Rufous-bellied Bulbul. 



Hypsipetes macclellandi, Horsf. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 159 ; Blyth, Cat. 

 p. 207 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 256 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 79 ; Godw.- 

 Aust. J. A. IS. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 106 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 281 ; 

 Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 133 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 298 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 447 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 294; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 176. 



lole macclellandi (Horsf.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 59; Oates, B. B. 

 i, p. 178. 



flemixus macclellandi (Horsf.), Oates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. i, 

 p. 168. 



Chinchiok-plio, Lepch. ; Chichiam, Bhut. 



Coloration. Crown, from the forehead to the nape, rich brown, 

 the shafts white tinged with buff ; upper plumage, wing-coverts, 

 tertiaries, and tail olive-green, brightest on the tail, the shafts of 

 which are black above and yellow below ; lores and cheeks mixed 

 grey and white : chin and throat white, the feathers with grey bases 

 and lanceolate ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck chestnut; breast the 

 same but with pale shaft-stripes ; abdomen and flanks pale chestnut ; 

 under tail-coverts, thighs, and vent ochraceous yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts the same ; primaries and secondaries dark brown, edged 

 with olive-green. 



Bill blackish above, livid grey-horny below ; iris brownish red or 

 dark red ; feet fleshy brown ; claws brown-horny (Scully}. 



Length about 10 ; tail 4*4 ; wing 4*3 ; tarsus *7 ; bill from 

 gape 1-2. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Mussoorie to the head of the 

 Assam valley ; the Khasi and Naga hills ; Cachar ; Manipur ; 

 Arrakan. 



Habits, Sfc. Breeds from April to June, constructing a shallow 

 nest of ferns, leaves, grass, and moss in a fork of a small tree. 

 The eggs are pinkish white, speckled and spotted with reddish 

 purple and measure about 1-05 by -67. 



276. Hemixus tickelli. TickeWs Bulbul. 



Hypsipetes tickelli, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 275 (1855) ; Blyth $ 

 Walden, Birds Burm. p. 133 ; Hume 8? Dav. S. F. vi, p. 296 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 447 bis ; Salvador}, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v. 

 p. 596. 



lole tickelli (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 60; Oates, B. B. i, p. 179. 



Coloration. Resembles H. macclellandi. Differs in having the 

 lower plumage grey tending to white on the abdomen, and the breast 

 streaked with whitish shaft-stripes ; in the ear-coverts and sides of 

 the neck being pale rusty, which colour also tinges the breast ; and 

 in the shaft-stripes of the crest-feathers being broader and whiter. 



