272 CKATEROPODIDjE. 



tion appears to differ in no respect from that of M. licemorrhous. 

 The eggs measure about -95 by '7. 



283. Molpastes intermedius. The Punjab Red-vented Bulbul. 



Pycnonotus intermedius, A. Hay, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 95 ; Blyth, Ibis, 



1867, p. 9 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 441 ; Sharpe, Cat. B, M. vi, 



p. 130. 

 Pycnonotus pygseus (Hodys.}, Stoliczka, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, 



p. 39 ; Cock $ Marsh. S. F. 'i, p. 355 ; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, 



p. 415. 

 Molpastes intermedius (A. Hay), Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 175. 



Kala painju, Chamba. 



Coloration. Resembles M. hcemorrhous. Differs in having the 

 black of the head continued to the hind neck ; the ear-coverts 

 chocolate-brown ; the whole back brown, edged with grey ; the 

 black of the throat shading off into blackish brown on the upper 

 breast and the sides of the neck ; and the lower breast ashy brown 

 margined with whitish. 



Length about 8 j tail 4*3 ; wing 4'1 ; tarsus 1*1 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. The lower ranges of the Himalayas from Nairn Tal 

 and Almora to Murree ; the northern portion of the Punjab, the 

 N.W. Provinces and Oudh down to Allahabad and Chupra. In the 

 lower part of its range this species is found together with M. ben- 

 yalensis. It does not ascend the Himalayas to any great height. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds from May to July, and probably for some 

 time before and after this period. The eggs, according to Theo- 

 bald, measure '87 by *62. 



284. Molpastes leucogenys. The White-cheeked Bulbul. 



Brachypus leucogenys, Gray, in Hardiv. Ill Ind. ZooL ii, pi. 35, fig. 3 



(1830). 

 Pycnonotus leucogenys (Or.), Blyth, Cat. p. 209; Horsf, fy M. Cat. 



i, p. 242. 

 Otocompsa leucogenys (Or. fy Hardw.}, Jerd. B.I. ii, p. 90 ; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 39 ; Hume, N. Sf K p. 285 j Cock $ 



Marsh. S. F. i, p. 355 ; Brooks, 8. F. iii, p. 238 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 458 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 296 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 160 ; 



C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 415. 

 Molpastes leucogenys (Gray}, Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 175. 



The White-cheeked Crested Bulbul, Jerd. ; Manylio-kur or Mancliph- 

 kur, Lepch. ; Kandghara, Beng. ; Painju, Chamba. 



Coloration. Forehead and crest hair-brown, each feather narrowly 

 edged with greyish white ; lores black, with a white line above 

 them ; cheeks, round the eye, chin, and throat black ; ear-coverts 

 white, with a black patch behind them, and another patch striped 

 white and brown below them ; upper plumage olive-brown, the 



