316 PYCNONOTID^E. 



The eggs of the Palestine Yellow-vented Bulb.ul are of the same 

 varied types as those of Molpastes fuscus and M. pygceus. An egg, 

 of a type of unusual occurrence among the Bulbuls, is of a greyish- 

 pink colour, densely mottled all over with lilac, and is here figured. 

 Specimens measure from -85 to '98 in length, and from '64 to -66 

 in breadth. 



3. Palestine, 1st May (H. B. Tris- Seebohm Coll. 

 tram). 



1. Palestine, 16th April (H. B. T.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Jericho, 14th April (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Jericho, 16th April (H. B. T.), Crowley Bequest. 



2. Moab, 28th April (H. B. T.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Syria (J. H. Cochrane). Seebohm Coll. 



Pycnonofrus aurigaster (Vieill.). 



Pycnonotus aurigaster, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 137 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 44 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 330 (1901). 



The eggs of the Gold-vented Bulbul in the Collection are densely 

 speckled and spotted, and resemble one of the types of the eggs of 

 Molpastes fuscus. They bear no resemblance whatever to the eggs 

 of Surniculus lugubris, in the nest of which Cuckoo they were found. 

 They measure respectively : '96 by '65; *9 by '61. 



2. Java, 2nd May (with an egg of Crowley Bequest. 

 Surniculus lugubris). 



Pycnonotus analis (Horsf.). 



Pycnonotus analis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 140 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 287 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 Etjgs 2nd. Birds, i. p. 186, footnote (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 44 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 330 (1901). 



The eggs of the Malay Yellow-vented Bulbul resemble the more 

 richly coloured eggs of Molpastes fuscus, and are heavily marked 

 with spots and small blotches. They measure from '8 to '95 in 

 length, and from '6 to '65 in breadth. 



2. Salang, Malay Peninsula, 14th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(/. Darling}. 



2. Salang. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Penang, June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Singapore. Hume Coll. 



1. Singapore. H. N. Ridley, Esq. PP.], 



1. Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Feb. H. K. Swann, Esq. [P.j. 



Pycnonotus goiavier (Scop.}. 



Pycnonotus goiavier, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 141 (1881) ; 

 Steere, List Birds $ Mamm. Philippines, p. 19 (1900); Grant fy 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1898, p. 239 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 44 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 330 (1901). 



