314 TYCNONOTID^E. 



brown and lavender-grey. Four examples measure respectively : 

 73 by -57 ; '77 by '6 ; -77 by -6 ; 76 by -6. 



4. Tavoy, Tenasserira, 16th March Hume Coll. 



(J. Darling). 



Molpastes pygaeus, Hodys. 



Pycnonotus pygceus, Beavan, P. Z. S, 18G4, p. 376 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 



S. B. xliii. pt. ii. p. 178 (1874) ; S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 128 



(1881). 

 Molpastes bengalensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 271 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests # Eggs Lid. Birds, i. p. 174 (1889). 

 Molpastes pygaBiis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (1901). 



The eggs of the Bengal Red- vented Bulbul in no way differ from 

 those of M. fuscus, except in being slightly larger. They measure 

 from -88 to 1'05 in length, and from '67 to 75 in breadth. 



14. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 



25. Mongphoo, Darjiling (/. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



1. Sikhim Terai, 30th April. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 9th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 10th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 13th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikhim Terai, 19th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 31st May. Hume Coll. 



2. Shillong, Assam, June. Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen 



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2. Bengal. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Barrackpur (R. C. Beavan: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Molpastes intermedius (A. Hay}. 



Pycnonotus intermedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 130 (1881). 

 Molpastes intermedius, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 272 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 175 (1889) ; Sharpe t 



Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (1889). 



The eggs of the Punjab Eed-vented Bulbul in the Collection 

 resemble those of M. fuscus and M. pygceus. Three examples 

 measure respectively : 1-01 by 72 ; -91 by 7 ; '92 by '63. 



1 . Kashmir, 5th May ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Mussoori, Himalayas (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



Genus PYCNONOTUS, Boie. 



The eggs of the Bulbuls of this genus resemble those of the 

 Bulbuls of the genus Molpastes, and, whenever the series of eggs of 

 any species is tolerably large, appear to be of as many types of 

 coloration as the eggs of M. fuscus. 



