278 CEATEEOPODIDjE. 



Distribution. The western coast and ghats of India, from Cape 

 Comorin to Baroda and on to Mount Abu, extending east to Chikalda 

 in Berar ; the eastern coast up to the Carnatic ; Bamesvaram Island. 

 The distribution of this species in the interior of the peninsula is 

 not known. 



Habits, fyc. Apparently in all respects similar to those of 0. emcria. 

 This species breeds from February to May and June, and most 

 frequently lays but two eggs. The eggs measure *9 by P 66. 



290. Otocompsa flaviventris. The Blade-crested Yellow Bulbul. 



Vanga flaviventris, Tick. J. A. S. B. ii, p. 573 (1833). 



Brachypus inelanoccphaliiR, Gray $ Hardw. 111. Intl. ZooL ii, pi. 35, 



fig. 1 (1834). 



Pycnouotus raelanocephalus (Gray $ Hardw.}, Blyth, Cat. p. 210. 

 Pycnonotus flaviventris (Tick.}, Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 247 ; Hume, 



N. $ E. p. 285. 

 Rubigula flaviventris (Tick.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 88; Godw.-Aust. 



J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 106; Blytli, Birds Burnt, p. 130; 



Hume, S. F. iii, p. 125 ; Armstrong, 8. F. iv, p. 324 ; Hume $ Dai\ 



8. F. vi, p. 317 ; Hume, Cat. no. 456 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, 



p. 467; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 295; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 182; 



Hume, S. F. xi, p. 180. 

 Otocompsa flaviventris (Tick.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 161 ; Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 199 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 599 ; 



Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 183. 



Zurd-bulbul, Hind. ; Tahariya kangdhara at Gorakhpur ; Mancliph- 

 hur, Lepch. 



Coloration. Head, chin, and throat black ; sides of neck and 

 lower plumage yellow ; upper plumage olive-yellow ; quills brown, 

 washed with olive-yellow on the outer webs ; tail brown, the feathers 

 edged with olive-yellow on the outer webs nearly up to the tips. 



Iris pale yellow ; eyelids yellowish fleshy ; bill dark brown ; 

 mouth fleshy yellow ; legs brown; claws dark horn. 



Length about 7'5; tail 3*5; wing 3-5 ; tarsus -65; bill from 

 gape -75. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from the Sutlej valley to Assam ; 

 the forests of the Central Provinces ; Orissa south of the Mahanadi ; 

 Kalahandi ; the whole tract of country stretching from Assam 

 to Tenasserim ; Kareunee. This Bulbul appears to be found up 

 to about 4000 feet. It extends to Cochin China and the Malay 

 peninsula. 



Habits, fyc. This species is found in the forests as well as on 

 their outskirts, in secondary jungle, and cultivated places. In some 

 places it is very abundant and entirely absent from others. The 

 nest is a cup made of twigs and roots placed in a bush. The eggs 

 are white, very thickly marked with pink and red. Bingham gives 

 the measurements of one egg as '85 by '61. 



