288 CRATEKOPODIDJS. 



Bill bluish black, paler at the gape ; mouth dark flesh-colour ; 

 iris pale brown ; eyelids dark plumbeous ; legs dusky plumbeous ; 

 claws dark brown. 



Length 7'6 ; tail 3'3 ; wing 3-2 tarsus -8 ; bill from gape '85. 



Distribution. The whole of Tenasserim east of the Sittoung river 

 from Toungngoo to the extreme south. The Malay peninsula, 

 Siam, and Cochin China. 



Habits, <$fc,. Breeds from February to May, constructing a cup- 

 shaped nest of twigs, grass-roots, arid fibres in a bush or sapling. 

 The eggs, which appear to be always two in number, are pink, 

 marked with maroon and purple. They measure about '88 by *65. 



300. Pycnonotus davisoni. Davison's Stripe-throated Bulbul. 



Ixus davisoni, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 301 (1875), iv, p. 498 ; Armstrong, 



S. F. iv, p. 324 ; Oates, S. F. vii, p. 47 ; Hume, Cat. no. 452 quat. ; 



Gates, S. F. x, p. 209. 

 Ixus annectens, Walden, A. M. N. H. (4) xv, p. 401 (1875) ; id. in 



Blyth' s Birds Burm. p. 134 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 4(30. 

 Pycnonotus davisoni (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 145 ; Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 194 ; id. in Hume's N. $ JE. 2nd ed. i, p. 188. 



Coloration. Kesembles P. finlaysoni. Differs in having the whole 

 forehead, crown, nape, sides and back of neck greenish yellow 

 mottled with grey, caused by the feathers being narrowly margined 

 by this colour ; the yellow streaks on the cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, 

 throat, and upper neck in front shorter and less vivid in colour. 



Iris pale yellow ; bare ophthalmic skin and eyelids dark purplish ; 

 mouth flesh-colour ; bill dark brown ; legs dark plumbeous ; claws 

 horn-colour. 



Length nearly 8 ; tail 3*2 ; wing 3*2 ; tarsus *8 ; bill from gape 

 85. 



Distribution. The southern half of Pegu west of the Sittouug 

 river, and from the sea to about the latitude of Pegu town ; 

 Arrakan, whence Blyth recorded this species under the name of 

 P. finlaysoni, and where Armstrong procured it at Kyoukhpyoo and 

 the Borongo Islands near Akyab. 



Habits, <$fc. I discovered two nests of this Bulbul in June near 

 Pegu town. The nest is a flimsy cup made of the stems of small 

 plants and grass, and is placed in a bush or creeper near the ground. 

 The eggs, two in number, are pinkish white, marked with reddish 

 and purple ; they measure about *86 by *63. 



301. Pycnonotus melanicterus. The Black-capped Bulbul. 



Muscicapa melanictera, Gm. S. N. \, p. 941 (1788). 



JSgithina atricapilla, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. i, p. 176 (1816). 



Pycnonotus atricapillus (Vieill?), Blyth, Cat. p. 211. 



Rubigula melanictera (Gm.), Wold. Ibis, 1866, p. 321; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1867, p. 304; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 451 ; Legge, S. F. iii, 

 p. 368 ; id. Birds Ceyl. p. 477 ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 387 ; id. Cat. 

 no. 455 bis; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 168. 



