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287. Xanthixus flavescens. Blytlfa Bulbul. 



I '\riioiiotus tiavescens, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 508 (1845) ; id. 

 "Cat. p. '210 ; 7/ors/. # J/. C'f. i, p. 244 ; ylw/^-s. Yunnan Exped., 



Ares, p. 659; S/KH^e, CM. B. M. vi, p. 143; Gate*, i?. i?. i, 

 p. 192 ; Salvation, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 598. 

 Ixus flavescens (Blytk), Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. ii,p. 106; 

 BL $ Walcl Birch Jiurm. p. L'J4 ; Hume $ Dav. 8. F. vi, p. 306 ; 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466 ; Hume, Cat. no. 452 bis ; id. 

 S. F. xi, p. 179. 



Coloration. Forehead and crown dark brown, the feathers of the 

 front half of the crown edged with grey, those of the hinder half 

 with olive-green ; upper plumage olive-green, the feathers of the 

 back with darker centres ; wings and tail dark brown, edged with 

 bright olive-yellow on the outer webs, and the three outer pairs of 

 tail-feathers faintly tipped with yellowish white ; lores blackish, a 

 conspicuous band above them, together with the feathers on the 

 eyelids, yellowish ; sides of the head greenish brown ; chin and 

 throat the same, but usually tinged with fulvous; breast dull 

 yellow, streaked with brown ; abdomen dull yellow ; sides of body 

 olive-brown ; vent and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; edge of 

 wing and under wing- coverts fulvous yellow. 



Legs, feet, and claws very dark reddish or purplish brown to 

 black ; bill black ; iris brown to deep red-brown (Hume ty Damson). 



Length about 8-5: tail 3' 9; wing 3-4; tarsus -85; bill from 

 gape -8.^ 



Distribution. The Khasi hills ; Manipur ; the neighbourhood of 

 Bhamo ; Arrakan : the Toungngoo hills and Karennee from 2500 

 to 4000 feet ; Tenasserim down to a point halfway between Muleyit 

 mountain and Paraduba, where this bird is found up to 4500 feet. 



Habits, fa. Found in the outskirts of forests and in scrub- 

 jungle. 



Genus OTOCOMPSA, Cabanis, 1851. 



The three Indian Bulbuls which I place in this genus are re- 

 markable for their very long crest, which springs entirely from the 

 centre of the crown, the feathers of the hind crown and nape 

 being short and of the usual character. 



They have the same structure and habits as Molpastes, and are 

 found in gardens and in j angle near cultivation. They have equally 

 pleasant notes, and their plumage is gay. 



Otocompsa may be known from the next genus by the softness 

 of the shafts of the back-feathers and by the longer crest. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts red. 



a'. Tail-feathers tipped with white ........ O. emeria, p. 276. 



b'. Tail-feathers without white tips ........ O. fuscicaudata, p. 277 . 



b. Under tail-coverts yellow like the remainder 



of the lower plumage .................. O.flaviventris, p. 278. 



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