224 PYCNONOTUS 



331. WHITE-EARED BULBUL. 

 PYCNONOTUS LEUCOTIS. 



Pycnonotus leucotls^ (Gould), P.Z.S. 1836, p. 6 ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. 

 p. 91 ; Blanford. E. Pers. ii. p. 218 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi. 

 p. 136 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 273. 



Bhooroo, Sind. ; Kushandra, Punjab. 



ad. (India). Upper parts and wings earth-brown, dorsal feathers 

 with paler margins, ear-coverts and hind part of cheeks white, the head, 

 otherwise and the lower throat black ; tail brown at base, then black 

 tipped with white ; under parts whity brown, under tail-coverts rich 

 yellow ; bill and legs black ; iris brown. Culmen 0'7, wing 3*65, tail 3'6, 

 tarsus 0*9 inch. Sexes alike. The young bird is duller in colour, the 

 the head is brown, not black, and the under tail-coverts are yellowish 

 buff. 



Hob. Persia to north-west India, ranging as far east as central 

 India. 



Like its congeners it inhabits open bush-covered loca- 

 lities, and does not differ from them in its general habits. It 

 breeds from May to August, the nest being placed in a bush, 

 and constructed of vegetable fibres and plant-stems, lined with 

 fine grass roots. The eggs, usually 3 in number, occasionally 4, 

 .are white, much dotted with claret-red, and measure 0'91 by 0'64. 



332. WHITE- CHEEKED BULBUL. 

 PYCNONOTUS LEUCOGENYS. 



Pycnonotus leucogenys, (Gray), in Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 35, fig. 3 

 (1830) ; (Jerd.) B. of Ind. ii. p. 90 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. vi; 

 p. 160 ; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 272. 



Kandghara, Beng. ; Manglio-kur, Lepch. ; Painju, Chamba. 



ad. (India). Upper parts olive-brown, the hinder part and sides of 

 neck barred with blackish, the centres of the feathers brown ; wings brown 

 margined with olivaceous ; tail brown at the base, otherwise black, tipped, 

 except the lower central feathers, with white ; forehead and crest hair- 

 brown, narrowly margined with greyish white ; lores black ; a white line 

 from the nostrils above the forepart of the eye ; ear-coverts and hind 

 cheeks white with a small blackish brown spot behind ; under parts pale 

 brown, the abdomen whitish, the under tail-coverts sulphur-yellow ; edge 



