190 PHYLLORNITHINJE. 



The Common Green Bulbul is a not uncommon permanent 

 resident on the Sahyadri Kange, occurring as far north as Khan- 

 dalla. 



Phyllornis malabaricus, Gmelin. 



jyr 464. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 98 ; Butler, Deccan ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 403. 



THE MALABAR GREEN BULBUL. 



Length, 7'9 ; expanse, 11 ; wing, 3'5 ; tail, 3 ; bill at front, 

 075 ; tarsus, 07. 



Bill dusky-blackish ; irides light yellowish-brown ; legs plum- 

 beous. 



Male, bright grass-green ; forehead golden-yellow ; chin and 

 throat black, with a small blue moustachial streak ; flexure of 

 wing verdigris-blue. 



The female wants the golden forehead of the male, and has 

 the black gorget and blue maxillary streak somewhat smaller. 



The Malabar Green Bulbul is a permanent resident on the 

 Sahyadri Kange, from Goa to Khandalla. 



GENUS, (.ZEgithina) lora, Horsfield. 



Bill moderate, or rather long, somewhat compressed, very 

 slightly curving ; culmen rounded, slightly hooked at tip, and 

 notched ; rictal bristles almost wanting ; nostrils apert ; wings 

 rather short, with fourth, fifth and sixth quills sub-equal and long- 

 est ; secondaries long, nearly equal to the primaries ; tail even, 

 short ; tarsus rather short with scales divided ; toes short ; middle- 

 toe very little longer than the outer, which is slightly syndactyle ; 

 claws slightly curved ; hind-toe shorter than the middle one. 



lora (ZEgithina) tiphia, Lin. 



468. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 103 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 473 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 

 IX, p. 403 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 168. 



THE WHITE-WINGED IORA. 



Length, 5'3 ; expanse, 7*5 ; wing, 2'5 ; tail, 20 ; tarsus, 075 ; 

 bill at front 0'5 ; bill from gape, 07. 



Bill reddish, dusky on culmen ; irides dark-brown ; legs 

 fleshy-yellow. 



Male, above olive-green, beneath yellow; wings black, faintly 

 edged with yellow ; greater-coverts broadly tipped with white ; 

 scapulars also partly white ; tail black. 



The female has the tail concolorous with the body, but slightly 

 infuscated, and the wings paler than in the male. 



^ Mr. Hume unites 467 lora zeylonica with tiphia. I therefore 

 give Jerdon's description of zeylonica : 



Male in full plumage, with the head, back, wings, and tail 



