268 CEATEROPODID^E. 



The Bed-vented Bulbuls were in a state of great confusion till 

 Sharpe in his ' Catalogue ' rearranged them and pointed out the 

 characters by which they might be distinguished from each other. 

 The exact distribution of each species can only be determined by 

 the examination of specimens, and fortunately the very large series 

 of these birds in the British Museum has enabled me to work out 

 their distribution in sufficient detail. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts red. 



a'. The black ou the crown sharply defined 



and not extending to the hind neck. 

 a". Ear-coverts black, undistinguishable 



from crown M. htfinorrhous, p. 268. 



b'. Ear-coverts brown, contrasting with 



the black crown, 

 a'". Chin, throat, and upper breast deep 



black M. burmanicus, p. 269. 



b'". Chin and upper part of throat only 



black M. nigripileus, p. 270. 



c". Ear-coverts whitish like the lower 



plumage ; point of chin only black. . M. atricapillus, p. 270. 

 b'. The black on the crown extending to 

 the hind neck or back and not sharply 

 defined posteriorly. 

 d". Hind neck, back, sides of neck, chin, 



throat, and breast all deep black. . . . M. bengalemis, p, 271. 

 e". Hind neck black, throat and fore neck 

 black shading into brown on the 

 breast M. intermedius, p. 272. 



b. Under tail-coverts sulphur-yellow. 



c'. Feathers of crown and crest edged with 



greyish white M. leucogenys, p. 272. 



d'. Feathers of crown and crest entirely 



black M. humii, p. 274. 



c. Under tail-coverts saffron-yellow M. leucotis, p. 273. 



278. Molpastes hsemorrhous. The Madras Red-vented Eulbul. 



Muscicapa hfernorrhousa, Gm. S. N. i, p. 941 (1788). 

 Hgematornis pusillus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. x, p. 841 (1841). 



Bom. p. 188. 

 Pycnonotus chrysorrhoides (Loft:). Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xli. pt. ii, 



p. 237 ; Ball, S. F. ii, p. 410. 

 Molpastes pusillus (Blyth), Hume, N. fy E. p. 291 ; Butler, S. F. iii, 



p. 473. 



Pycnonotus pusillus (Blyth), Blanf. S. F. v, p. 246. 

 Molpastes hsemorrhous (Gm.), Hume, Cat. no. 462 ; Davidson, S. F. 



x, p. 386 ; Barnes, Journ. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 48 ; Oates in 



Hume's N. 8? E. 2nd ed. i, p. 169. 



