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lores, black; cheeks, chin and throat, whitish. Breast, biown ; 

 abdomen, whitish brown, the sides darker ; under tail-coverts, sulphur 

 yellow. 



Iris, blown. Bill and legs, black. 



Habits, (^G. This is a resident bird, and is regularly met with 

 in our gardens, though on the whole it occurs somewhat sparingly, 

 being very much less common than the next species. From the latter 

 it maj^ be distinguished by the amount of white on the sides of its 

 head, the brighter yellow of its under tail-coverts, and its more melo- 

 dious liquid notes. It is generally to be seen in pairs, and is a some- 

 Avhat shj^ bird. 



Distribution. Eobinson and Kloss only came across two or 

 three specimens of the Yellow-vented Bulbul in Trang. I can find no 

 other record of its occurrence in this country. 



4-8 (30G). Pycnonotus blanfordi. BlanforcVs Bulhid. 

 Siamese, "un iIjq^ c^qu (Nok parod snan. ) 



Description. Length, 20-3 mm. (Bin.). The v.-hole upixn- 

 plumage, olive brown, darker on tiie head and paler on the rum[>; ear 

 coverts, white. Chin, dull whitish brown; rest of lower plumrige, 

 ashv brown, paling off to yellowish brown on the under wing-coverts 

 and tail-coverts. 



Iris, dark grey. Bill, brown, darker at tip and pale flesh- 

 colour at base of lower mandible. Legs, dark pinkish or plumbeous' 

 brown, sometimes with a bron/y tinge. 



Habits, &r. This is one of the most abundant bii'ds in Bang- 

 kok and is a resident of our gardens all the year round — sometimes 

 entering houses also. Despite its plain and inconspicuous plumage, it 

 is always in evidence, by reason both of its numbers aiul its harsh 

 notes. It has a variety of these — among the commonest being a nois^' 

 and guttural cJui-cha-ch'i or chali-chaJi-chak, as well as a chika-chika- 

 chilca. These are repeated several times in vapid succession, after 

 which there is a lull. The bird also has an alarm cry of cr-r-Jt, cr-r-cJo. 



Blanford's Bulbul a])pears to live on truii and berries, as well as 

 on insects, as I have observed the parent birds carrying both kinds of 

 food to the young ones in their nest. 



In the Siamese name, the word suan means " garden,'' and is a 



