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294. lole malaccensis. The Streaked Bulbul. 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 574 (1845), xv, p. 51 ; 



id. Cat. p. L>07 ; Hortf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 256 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 298 ; Hume, Cat. no. 447 ter. 

 Ilemixus malaccensis (Blyth}, Sharps, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 52 ; Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 177. 



Coloration. Upper plumage brownish green ; lesser wing-coverts 

 the same ; greater coverts, wings, and tail dark brown, edged with 

 the same colour as the upper plumage ; ear-coverts and sides of the 

 head brownish green, the former with pale shafts; lores ashy grey ; 

 cheeks, chin, throat, and breast ashy, with broad greyish-white 

 shaft-streaks ; sides of the body the same, but with the shaft- 

 streaks less distinct ; abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow. 



Legs and feet pinkish brown to reddish brown ; bill horny 

 brown or very dark horny brown ; iris mahogany-brown to litharge- 

 red (Hume $ Davison}. 



Length about 9 ; tail 3*7 ; wing 4*5 ; tarsus '7 ; bill from 

 gape 1-1. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, from Mergui southwards. Also 

 throughout the Malay peninsula, extending to Sumatra and Borneo 

 and to Cochin China. 



Habits, &fc. Davison remarks that the habits of this species 

 resemble those of Hemixus tickelli. 



295. lole icterica. The Yellow-browed Bulbul. 



Criniger ictericus, Strickland, A. M. N. H. xiii, p. 411 (1844) ; 

 Jerd. B. I. ii, T>. 82 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 282 j Fairbank, S. F. iv, 

 p. 258 ; Bourdillon, S. F. iv, p. 400 ; Hume, Cat. no. 450 ; Leyqe, 

 Birds Ceyl. p. 472 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 64 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 402 ; 

 Davison, S. F. x, p. o83 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 185. 



Hemixus icterica (Strickl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 207; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 250. 



Xenocichla icterica (Strickland), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 96. 



lole icterica (Strickl.}, Oates in Hume's N. 8? E. 2nd ed. i, p. 185. 



Coloration. A streak from the nostril to the eye, a circle round 

 the eye, the sides of the head, and the whole lower plumage bright 

 yellow, the sides of the breast and body and the ear-coverts washed 

 with olive-green ; the whole upper plumage bright olive-yellow ; 

 wings dark brown, the outer webs olive-yellow, the inner edged 

 with yellow ; tail olive-yellow, the edges above brighter, the inner 

 edges and the shafts below yellow ; under wing-coverts bright 

 yellow. 



Iris wood-brown ; legs and feet pale blue ; upper mandible 

 brownish black, lower pale brown, darkest along the edges and the 

 tip ; claws bluish horny (Davison}. Iris blood-red, dark red (But- 

 ler} ; iris blood-red (Jerdon). 



