290 CBATEEOPODIDJE. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 167 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 402 ; Davison, 

 S. F. x, p. 384 ; Macgregor, S. F. x, p. 439 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. 

 p. 186. 



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

 extreme point of the chin black ; throat ruby-red, the feathers 

 long and rather bristly ; upper plumage yellowish green ; wings 

 brown, the outer webs yellowish green ; tail the same ; lower 

 plumage bright yellow; under wing-coverts and edge of wing 

 yellow. 



The nestling has the throat brownish, but it acquires the red 

 feathers at a very early age. 



Iris pale cream ; bill and claws black ; legs and feet blackish 

 plumbeous (Davison) ; iris light yellow (Jerdoti). 



Length nearly 7; tail 3; wing 3 ; tarsus -55 ; bill from gape "7. 



Distribution. The western coast of India from Travaucore up to 

 about the latitude of Belgaum. This species appears to be rare 

 and to frequent thick forest. 



304. Pycnonotus cyaniventris. The Blue-bellied Bulbul. 



Pycnonotus cyaniventris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 792 (1841); id. 



Cat. p. 21 L 



Ixodia cyaniventris (Bl.\ Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 578. 

 Ixidia cyaniventris (BL), Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 245; Hume Sf Dau. 



8. F. vi, p. 320 ; Hume, Cat. no. 457 quint. 

 Kubigula cyaniventris (Bl.), Sharps, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 160; Gates, 



B. B. i, p. 200. 



Coloration. The whole head and lower plumage deep slaty blue ; 

 lores black ; forehead and a streak over the lores paler blue ; under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow ; upper plumage and wing-coverts bright 

 greenish yellow ; tail dark brown, the outer webs greenish yellow 

 nearly up to the tips ; quills dark brown, all but the first two 

 primaries broadly edged with greenish yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 and edge of wing pdle yellow. 



Legs and feet very dark plumbeous ; claws horny brown, some- 

 times almost black; bill black; iris dark brown, dark plumbeous 

 slate, and grey-brown {Hume fy Davison}. 



Length nearly 6'5 ; tail 2*6 ; wing 3 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from 

 gape *75. 



Distribution. The extreme southern point of Tenasserim. This 

 Bulbul is found throughout the Malay peninsula and Sumatra. 



305. Pycnonotus luteolus. The White-browed Bulbul. 



Hsematornis luteolus, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 354. 



Pycnonotus flavirictus, Strickl. A. M. N. H. (1) xiii. p. 413 (1844) ; 



Blyth, Cat. p. 210. 

 Pycnonotus luteolus (Less.), Blyth, Cat., App. p. xxii; Horsf. fy M. 



Cat. i, p. 243 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi. p. 143 ; Oates in Hume's 



N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 189. 



