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Distribution. The Khjisi hills ; Cachar ; Tipperah ; Manipur ; 

 Arrakan ; the T.saukoo and Karen hills to the east of Toungngoo ; 

 the southern portion of the Pegu hills and the plains lying at their 

 foot ; the whole of Tenasserim. This species is found from sea- 

 level up to 2000 or 3000 feet. 

 -Habits, $c. Frequents forests in small bands. 



297. lole nicobariensis. The Nicobar Bulbul. 



Ixocincla virescens, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 575 (1845). 

 Hypsipetes virescens, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, pp. 61, 370 j id. Cat. 



p. 207. 

 Hypsipetes nicobariensis, Moore in Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 257 (1854) ; 



Ball, S. F. i, p. 70 ; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 223 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, 



p. 298 ; Hume, Cat. no. 447 quat. 

 Hypsipetes virescens (BlytJi), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 43. 



Coloration. Head and nape dark brown ; sides of the head grey ; 

 upper plumage olive-green ; wings and tail hair-brown, margined 

 or suffused externally with olive-green ; chin, throat, and upper 

 breast white, faintly streaked with pale brown, grey, or pale yellow ; 

 remaining lower parts and under wing-coverts pale primrose- 

 yellow slightly mottled with white, the under tail-coverts with 

 brownish centres. 



Legs and feet dark horny, greenish brown, or greenish plum- 

 beous ; bill deep horny brown ; lower mandible and edge of upper 

 dull yellow ; iris brown (Hume). 



Length about 9 ; tail 3*8 ; wing 4 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from 

 gape 1*1. 



Distribution. The Nicobar islands of Teressa, Bompoka, Tillaug- 

 chong, Cainorta, Nancowry, Trinkut, Katchall, and Pilu Milu. 



Habits, Sfc. Davison remarks : " Occurs only at the Nicobars, 

 where it is comparatively common ; it keeps to the forest gene- 

 rally, but is also found in gardens, in the secondary jungle, and not 

 unfrequently in places where there are only a few scattered bushes ; 

 it usually is seen singly, in pairs, or in small parties of five or 

 six ; but I have on several occasions seen them in flocks of nearly 

 a hundred. They have a chattering note, very similar to the other 

 Hypsipetes, and when they are in flocks they make nearly as much 

 noise as a flock of My nans settling for the night. They breed at 

 the Nicobon ; I shot very young birds in February ; but did not 

 succeed in finding any nests." 



Genus PYCNONOTUS, Kuhl, 1826. 



The Bulbuls which I place in this genus are birds of small size, 

 and may be termed crestless. With the exception of P. blanfordi, 

 which is occasionally seen in compounds and gardens, none of them 

 are familiar birds as is the case with Molpastes and Otocompsa. 

 They are chiefly denizens of the jungle and forest. 



