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298. Pycnonotus analis. The Yellow-vented Bulbul. 



Turdus analis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 147 (1820). 

 Pycnouotus goiavier (Scop.), Blyth, Cat. p. 210 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. 



*i, p. 242. 

 ,0tocompsa personata, Dauson, Hume, 8. F. i, p. 457 (1873) ; ii, 



p. 3:33. 

 Otocompsa analis (Horsf.), Hume $' Dtw. S. F. vi, p. 308; Hume, 



Cat. no. 452 sex. 



Pycuonotus analis (Horsf. \ Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 140 ; Oates, B. 

 B. i, p. 191 ; id. in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 186 note. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage browii, darker on the head, 

 and the feathers somewhat paler-edged ; wings and tail brown, 

 edged exteriorly with the colour of the back ; a broad supercilium 

 white : lores and feathers on the eyelids black ; ear-coverts pale 

 brown ; cheeks, chin, and throat whitish ; breast brown with pale 

 edges ; abdomen whity brown, the sides darker brown ; under tail- 

 coverts sulphur-yellow. 



Legs, feet, claws, and bill black ; iris wood-brown (Hume 6f 

 Davison). 



Length about 8 ; tail 3*2 ; wing 3*5 ; tarsus '8 \ bill from 

 gape -8. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, from Mergui southwards. The Malay 

 peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Loinbock, Borneo, Cochin China, and 

 Siam. 



Habits, fyc. The nest of this Bulbul has not yet been taken in 

 Burma. A nest found at Salang, further south, in February, was 

 a cup made of dry leaves and twigs lined with grass. It was built 

 in a bush about six feet from the ground. The eggs were pinkish 

 marked with maroon aud purple and measured about '88 by '63. 



299. Pycnonotus finlaysoni. Finlayson's Stripe-throated Bulbul. 



Pycuonotus iinlaysom, Strickl. A. M. N. H. (1) xiii, p. 411 (1844) ; 



"Blyth, Cat. p. 210; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 244; Wald. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 549 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 144; Oates, B. B. i,p. 193; 



Salvador*) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 598. 

 Ixus finlaysoni (Strickl.), Hume, S. F. iii, p. 301 ; Hume $ Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 307 ; Hume, Cat. no. 452 ter; Oates in Hume's N. & 



E. 2nd ed. i, p. 187. 



Coloration. Forehead and head, as far back as the eyes, bright 

 yellow, the feathers edged with ashy brown ; lores black ; above 

 the lores a narrow orange line ; cheeks, ear-coverts, throat, chin, 

 and upper neck grey, with bright yellow streaks ; crown and nape 

 deep grey, the centres of the feathers paler ; upper plumage and 

 wiiig-coverts olive-green, the back washed with ashy ; wings dark 

 brown, broadly edged with olive-green on the outer webs ; tail 

 olive-green, brighter on the outer webs ; breast, upper abdomen, 

 and flanks dark ashy, the shafts paler ; middle of abdomen yellowish 

 grey ; vent and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; edge of wing, 

 under wing-coverts, and axillaries yellow. 



