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and legs very short. The head is sub-crested, the feathers being 

 lanceolate, and the rictal bristles are very few and weak. 



Hypsipetes Ganesa, Sykes. 



446. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 78 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Yol. IX, p. 401. 



THE GHAT BLACK BULBUL. 



Length, 9'6 to 1075 ; expanse, 14 to 15'5 ; wing, 4'5 to 5 ; 

 t$il, 4'3 to 4'9 ; tarsus, 6 to 7'5 ; bill from gape, 1 '3. 



Bill deep coral-red; irides deep-brown; legs deep coral-red. 



Above grey-brown, paler beneath ; wings and tail brown ; head 

 si ightly crested, metallic-black. 



The Ghat Black Bulbul is a rare but permanent resident in 

 the more hilly portions of the Deccan. It occurs on the Sahyadri 

 Range as far north as Mahableshwar. 



GENUS, Criniger, TemmincL 



Bill of moderate length, strong and deep ; the culmen well 

 curved ; rictal bristles distinct, long ; tail nearly even, with the 

 outermost feathers distinctly shorter ; head more or less crested. 



Criniger ictericus, Strickland. 



450. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 82 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 402, 



THE YELLOW-BROWED BULBUL. 



Length, 8 ; wing, 37; tail, 3'5; tarsus, 0'8; bill at front, 0*6. 



Bill black ; irides blood-red; legs dark -plumbeous. 



Plumage above bright olive-green ; superciliary streak extend- 

 ing to the forehead, and the whole plumage beneath bright- 

 yellow ; quills dusky on their inner webs ; the shafts of the tail- 

 feathers beneath yellow. 



The Yellow-browed Bulbul has a similar distribution to the 

 last, but is locally not uncommon. 



GENUS, Ixus, TemmincL 



Bill rather short, slightly arching on the culmen, the tip 

 bent over, distinctly notched ; commissure nearly straight ; a few 

 rictal bristles, mixed with some smaller tufts ; hairs on the 

 nape distinct, and some of the feathers of the throat 

 bristle-ended ; lateral toes nearly equal ; hind-toe shorter than 

 middle-toe ; fourth, fifth and sixth quills sub-equal and longest ; 

 seventh barely shorter ; tail slightly rounded in some, almost even 

 in others, with the outer feathers slightly shorter. 



Ixus luteolus, Less. 



452. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 84; Butler, Deccau; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 402, 



