186 PYCNONOTINJE. 



THE WHITE-BROWED BUSH BULBUL. 



Length, 7'5 ; wing, 3'5 ; tail, 3'5 ; tarsus, 0'8 ; bill at front 0'6. 



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



Above dull-brownish olive-green, palest on the head, where it is 

 slightly ashy, and yellowish on the rump; quills and coverts 

 edged with brighter green ; over the eye to the ear-coverts, and 

 from the base of the upper mandible extending below the eye, 

 obscure white ; chin, and base of lower mandible, pale clear 

 yellow ; lower parts whitish-ashy, tinged with pale-yellow ; the 

 breast dashed with brownish-grey, and the vent and under tail- 

 coverts pale -yellow. 



The White-browed Bush Bulbul is a permanent resident in 

 some portions of the Deccan, but is very local, and appears to 

 avoid the Ghat Kange. 



GENUS, Rubigula, Blyth. 



Bill rather short, moderately stout ; rictal bristles small or 

 moderate ; tail slightly rounded, or almost even ; head black, 

 more or less crested ; the feathers of the back loose and decom- 

 posed ; irides yellow. 



Rubigula gularis, Gould. 



455. Jerdon's BMs of India, Vol. II, p. 87 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 402. 



THE RUBY-THROATED BULBUL. 



Length, 6'5 ; wing, 3 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 0*55 j bill at front, 

 0-4. 



Bill black ; irides light-yellow ; legs greenish-dusky. 



Head and cheeks pure glossy-black ; plumage above yellow- 

 ish olive-green ; a small chin spot black ; throat beautiful shin- 

 ng ruby-red, the feathers much divided and somewhat bristly ; 

 the rest of the plumage beneath bright-yellow ; quills with a 

 tinge of dusky on the inner webs. 



The Ruby-throated Bulbul is very rare. Mr. Laird procured 

 it in the forests west of Belgaum, but this is the only record of 

 its occurrence within our limits. 



GENUS, Brachypodius, Blyth. 



Bill somewhat as in Rwbigula, short, rather deep at the base 

 but the rictal bristles more feeble ; tail more or less rounded. 



Brachypodius poiocephalus, Jerdon. 



457. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 89 ; Butler, Deccan j 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 402. 



THE GREY-HEADED BULBUL. 



Length, 7 j expanse, 9 ; wing, 3 ; tail, 2'8 ; tarsus, 0'25 ; bill at 

 front, 0-46. 



Bill greenish -horny ; irides bluish-white ; legs reddish-yellow. 



