320 PYCNONOTIDJB. 



with a zone of confluent blotches of deep chestnut. It measures 

 89 by -65. 



1. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



4th June (W. Damson). 



Pycnonotus simplex, Less. 



Pycnonotus simplex, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 153 (1881) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 292 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests # 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 192, footnote (1889) j Sharpe, Hand-l iii. 

 p. 332 (1901). 



The eggs of Moore's Olive Bulbul in the Collection are densely 

 mottled with rich reddish brown and lavender. They measure 

 respectively : -9 by -63 ; -86 by -64. 



2. Klang, Malay Peninsula, 23rd April Hume Coll. 



(W, Damson). 



Genus XANTHIXUS, Oates. 

 Xanthixus flavescens (Blyth). 



Pycnonotus flavescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 143 (1881). 

 Xanthixus flavescens, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 275 (1889) ; 



Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 211 (1893) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 332 (1901). 



Eggs of Blyth's Bulbul are of an oval form with a small amount 

 of gloss. The ground-colour is pink, and is thickly spotted with 

 purplish-red and lavender. Two specimens measure respectively : 

 88 by -69 ; -89 by -66. 



2. N. Cachar, 3rd June. E. C. Stuart Baker, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus OTOCOMPSA, Cab. 



The eggs of the Bulbuls of this genus cannot be separated by any 

 character from those of the species of Molpastes and Pycnonotus. 



Otocompsa emeria (Linn.). 



Otocompsa jocosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 157 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 45 (1899). 

 Otocompsa emeria, Oates, Fauna Brit., Ind. Birds, i. p. 276 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 178 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 333 (1901). 



The eggs of the Bengal lled-whiskered Bulbul vary from specimens 

 which are sparsely speckled on a white ground, to those which are 

 boldly blotched on a pinkish-white ground-colour. They measure 

 from '72 to '95 in length, and from '56 to *7 in breadth. 



2. Sikhim, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Baraitch, Oudh, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Lucknow, 5th May. Hume Coll. 



