284 CRATEKOPODIDJS. 



Length about 8 ; tail 3-7 ; wing 3*8 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. The western coast of India from near Mahablesh- 

 war to Cape Comorin. This bird is also found in Ceylon. It 

 appears to be found from near the sea-level up to 6500 feet of 

 elevation. 



Habits, fyc. This Bulbul has a soft mellow whistle, and frequents 

 the undergrowth of the evergreen forests, venturing occasionally 

 into gardens. It breeds from March to May, constructing a cup- 

 like nest of fine twigs lined with grass. The nest is suspended by 

 the rim between two lateral branches. The eggs are pinkish 

 white speckled with brownish red or pink, and measure about '96 

 by '67. Hume remarks that the nest and egg of this bird differ 

 remarkably from those of all the other Bulbuls. Possibly they 

 will be found to resemble those of the other species of this genus, 

 of which unfortunately we have at present no information what- 

 ever. 



296. lole virescens. The Olive Bulbul. 



Me virescens, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 573 (1845) ; id. Gat. p. 207 ; 



Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 254 ; Godw.-Aust, J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, 



p. 270. 



lole viridescens, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 7 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 133; 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466; Hume 8, Dar. S. F. vi, 



pp. 315,515; Hume, Cat. no. 452 dec. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. J/. vi, 



p. 56; Oates, B. B. i, p. 177 ; Salvador^ Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) 



v, p. 596 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 179. 



Coloration. Upper plumage olive-green ; the wings dark brown, 

 the quills edged externally with rufescent olive-brown ; tail and 

 upper tail-coverts rufescent ; lores and space over the eye olive- 

 yellow ; the ear-coverts darker; sides of the neck olive-brown; 

 chin, throat, breast, flanks, and abdomen olive-yellow ; under tail- 

 coverts fawn-brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow. 

 The coloration of this bird varies considerably with the state of the 

 plumage, newly-moulted birds being tinged with ochraceous below, 

 and birds in worn plumage being dull olive-brown. 



Iris brown; bill bluish h orn- colour ; inside of mouth flesh- 

 colour ; eyelids grey ; legs and claws pinkish brown. 



Length about 7 ; tail 3'2 ; wing 3*2 ; tarsus '7 ; bill from gape '9. 



lole olivacea, Blyth, occurs in the Malay peninsula and may 

 probably be found hereafter in Tenasserim. It is difficult to 

 separate this bird from /. virescens except by actual comparison 

 of specimens ; but the following points of difference may be noted. 

 /. olivacea has a very much larger bill, the lower plumage has much 

 less yellow in it, the upper plumage is olive-brown not olive-green, 

 and the crown is rather darker than the back ; the sides of the 

 head are decidedly greyish, and the wings and tail are much 

 darker. Both species are of much the same size except in respect 

 to the bill. 



