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PYCNONOTIDJB. 



The eggs of the "White-cheeked Bulbul pass through the same 

 variations as those of Molpastes fuscus and allied species. They 

 measure from *S3 to '9 in length, and from *57 to '68 in breadth. 



3. Dharumsala, Himalayas, 19th April. Hume Coll. 



3. Kotgarh, Himalayas, 8th May. Hume Coll. 

 7. Kotgarh, 15th May. Hume Coll. 



1 . Kotgarh, 24th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Kotgarh, ]4th June. Hume Coll. 

 2. Kotgarh', 15th June. Hume Coll. 

 5. Kotgarh, 22nd June. Hume Coll. 



4. Kotgarh, 4th July. Hume Coll. 

 2. Simla, 16th June ( W. Daoison}. Hume Coll. 

 4. Mussoori (T. Hutton}. Hume Coll. 

 1. Almora, 9th June. Hume Coll. 



1. Almora, 9th May (W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Darjiling. Crowley Bequest. 



Otocompsa leucotis (Gould). 



Pycnonotus leucotis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 136 (1881) ; id. 



Ibis, 1891, p. 110 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 44 (1899). 

 Molpastes leucotis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, i. p. 273 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eygs Ind. Birds, i. p. 177 (1889). 

 Otocompsa leucotis, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 333 (1901). 



The eggs of the White-eared Bulbul, of which there is a very 

 large series in the Collection, are almost entirely of the speckled 

 type of egg of Molpastes fuscus, the absence of all blotches and 

 coarse markings being very noticeable. They measure from -66 to 

 9 in length, and from -53 to '65 in breadth. 



35. 

 1. 



Fao, Persian Gulf. 



Jask, Gulf of Oman, 23rd March. 



Jask, 29th March. 



Punjab. 



Hansi, Punjab ( W. Blewitf}. 



Hansi, llth April ( W. B.}. 



Hansi, 1st May ( W. B.). 



Hansi, 27th May ( W. B.). 



Hausi, 10th June ( W. B.). 



Hansi, July ( W. B.). 



Hansi, Aug. (W.B.). 



Hansi, 7th Sept. 



Delhi, 25th May (C. T. Bingliam}. 



N.W. Provinces ( W. E. Brooks: 



Tristram Coll.}. 

 Sind (J. H. Gould}. 

 Eastern Narra, Sind (8. Doig\ 

 Sambhur, 22nd June (E. M. Adam}. 



W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.] 



S. Butcher, Esq. [IV 



S. Butcher, Esq. [P. 



Prof. Oldhani [P.J. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Cull. 



Hume Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



