PYCNONOTUS. 289 



Pycnonotus melanicterus (Gm.), Gates in Humes N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, 



"p. 188. 



Ka-Kantlla, Ceyl. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, nape, and sides of the neck black ; 

 upper plumage and wing-coverts olive-green; wings brown, the 

 outer webs olive-green ; tail dark brown, the basal half washed 

 with given, and all the feathers, except the middle pair, tipped 

 with white ; whole lower plumage bright yellow, washed with olive 

 on the sides of the breast and body ; under wing-coverts and edge 

 of wing yellow. 



Iris dull red : bill black ; legs and feet blackish (Lerjge). 



Length about 6'5 ; tail 2-8 ; wing 2'8 ; tarsus '6 ; bill from gape -8. 



Distribution. Ceylon, where this species is found up to 5000 feet. 



Habits, fyc. A nest found in April is described as a loose struc- 

 ture of grass and bents built on the top of a stump. The eggs 

 are reddish white marked with reddish brown and bluish grey, and 

 measure about '79 by '58. 



302. Pycnonotus xantholaemus. The Yellow-throated 



Brachypus xantholaemus, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. S. xiii, pt. 2, p. 122 



(1844). 

 Pycnonotus xantholsemus (Jerd.), Jerdon, III. Ind. Orn. pi. xxxv ; 



*B1yth, Cat. p. 209 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 246 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. 



vi, p. 146. 

 Ixos xantholsemus (Jerd.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 85; Hume, Cut. no. 453. 



The Yellow-throated Bush Bulbul, Jerd. ; Kondapoda-piyli, Tel. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and sides of the head yellowish 

 green, the feathers near the nostrils dusky ; chin and throat bright 

 yellow ; upper plumage grey, the upper tail-coverts tinged with 

 green ; wings and tail brown, the outer webs washed with yellowish 

 green, and the tail-feathers tipped with yellowish white ; breast 

 and sides of the neck and of the body grey, turning to whitish on 

 the abdomen : under tail-coverts and edge of wing bright yellow ; 

 thighs dull yellow; under wing-coverts pale yellow. 



Bill and legs black ; iris red (Jerdon). 



Length about 7'5; tail 3*6; wing 3'3 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from gape '8. 



Distribution. I have been able to examine only four specimens 

 of this rare Bulbul. One is labelled " west of Nellore," two 

 " Eastern Ghats," and the other " Madras." Jerdon, the discoverer 

 of this species, states that it is only met with in the Eastern Ghats 

 west of K T ellore. 



303. Pycnonotus gularis. The Ruby-throated Bulbul. 



Brachypus gularis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 186 ; Wald. Ibis, 1866, 



p. 423. 

 Brachypus rubineus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. L. S. x,p. 246 (^839) ; id. 



Illtixtr. Ind. Orn. pi. xxxvii. 

 Pycnonotus gularis (Gould), Blyth, Cat. p. 211 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 



Xp.246, 

 Rubigula gularis (Gould), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 87 ; Hume, Cat. no. 4-55 ; 



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