296 CKATEROPODJD^;. 



throat only being a dark glossy brown or black ; in the abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts being very bright yellow ; in the reduced 

 size of the subterminal black bars on the tail-feathers, and the 

 corresponding expansion of the olive -green on them ; and in the 

 primaries, except the first two, being edged with olive-green. 



Iris bluish white ; bill bluish slate ( Wardlaiu Ramsay}. Iris 

 pale blue: bill nearly black ; legs and feet plumbeous (Hume). 



Length about 7 ; tail 3 ; wing 3 ; tarsus *6; bill from gape '85. 



Distribution. The South Andaman Island, where this bird 

 appears to be abundant. I have seen specimens procured at Port 

 Blair, Port Mouat, and Aberdeen. 



313. Micropus phaeocephalus. The Grey-headed Bulbul. 



Brachypus poiocephalus, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. S. x, p. 246 (1839). 

 Brachypodius poiocephalus (Jerd.), Blyih, Cat. p. 212 Jerd. B. I. ii, 



p. 89 ; Hume, Cat, no. 457 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 402 ; Davison, 



S. F. x, p. 384 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 186. 

 Micropus phseocephalus (Jerd.'), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 68. 



Coloration. Forehead olive-yellow ; chin blackish ; cheeks greyish 

 yellow ; remainder of head clear bluish grey ; upper side of neck, 

 back, and scapulars olive-green ; rump-feathers black with broad 

 pale yellow tips ; upper tail-coverts and the four middle tail- 

 feathers bluish grey with dark shafts, the others black, broadly 

 edged on both webs and tipped with bluish grey, the whole suffused 

 with olive-green on the basal two thirds of their length ; wings 

 black, all the quills and coverts margined with olive -green, the 

 outer webs of the tertiaries being entirely of this colour ; breast, 

 abdomen, and flanks oil-yellow ; under tail-coverts bluish grey. 



Iris blue-grey ; bill pale green ; legs and feet fleshy tinged 

 orange; claws dusky (Davison). 



Length about 7 ; tail 2-9 ; wing 2-9 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from 

 gape -75. 



Distribution. The western coast of India from about Anjango in 

 Travancore to the vicinity of Belgaum. This appears to be a rare 

 bird. Jerdon states that it is found from near the sea-level to 

 about 2000 feet of elevation. Davison met with it near Coonoor 

 and in the Wynaad, and Butler records it from the forests south- 

 west of Belgaum. 



Genus KELAARTIA, Blyth, jfafe Jerdon, 1863. 



The single species of Kelaartia is peculiar to Ceylon. It is 

 characterized by the pointed feathers constituting the superciliuin, 

 and by the rounded feathers on the crown, the two forming a 

 strong contrast. 



The tarsus is in this genus rather longer than is usual among 



