58 INIessrs. Robiuson a?if/Kloss on Birds from the 



reversed^ and while Otocompsa was everywhere ia evidence 

 we only came across two or three specimens of the Yellow- 

 vented Bulbul. 



^ 181. PyCNONOTUS FINLA.YSONI. 



Pycnonotus finlaysoni Strickl. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 144 ; 

 Robinson, p. 195. 



Rather rare in the south, but very common in Traug and 

 Pulau Terutau and Laiigkawi. 



182. Pycnonotus plumosus. 



Pycnonotus plumosus Biyth ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 152. 



183. Pycnonotus simplex. 



Pycnonotus simplex Less. ; Shurpe, tom. cit. p. 153 ; 

 Robinson, p. 196. 



184. Pycnonotus salvadorii. 



Pycnonotus pusillus, Salvad. ; Sliarpe, tom. cit. p. 155. 



All three of these Bush-Bulbuls are represented in the 

 collections. They are very generally distributed throughout 

 the Peninsula, the first-mentioned being the rarest of the 

 three. 



T 185. Otocompsa emeria. 



Otocompsa jocosa (Linn.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 157. 



This attractive Bulbul was exceedingly common at Trang, 

 and, as I liave noted above, appears to take the place of 

 Pycnonotus analis of the southern States. 



The bird is exceedingly proud of its crest, and takes 

 every opportunity of displaying it, selecting a bare twig at 

 the top or on the side of a tree and erecting its crest verti- 

 cally over its head in the manner of a Lapwing. Tliis 

 species is much admired by the natives, and is not a un- 

 common cage-bird among the Chinese of Penang. Indeed 

 at a recent " Agri-Horticultural " show a specimen of it 

 received the first prize as the rarest and finest cage-bird in 

 the show. The judges evidently were not ornithologists and 

 were apparently ignorant of the fact that the bird was on 

 free view daily in their own gardens ! ! 



