PYCNONOTUS. 659 



Ixus mntJiorrJious, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 369; David, Joui'n. de Voy. Explor. en Chine, 

 vol. i, 1875, p. 30, et vol. ii, p. 40. 



a.b. t ? Shitee hill, 20th February 1875. 



c. J Manwyne, Sanda valley, 31st May 1868. 



d. e. $ Momien, 1st June 1868. 



Length 7"-70; wing 3"-65 ; tail 3"-60; biU (gape) 0"-77; tarsus 0"-70. 



This species is nearly allied to O. jocosa in the general style of its colouring, 

 but differs from it in its yellow under tail-coverts, and in its ear-coverts being pale 

 brown. It has the square tail and the well developed rictal bristles of a Fycnonotus, 



Held in certain lights, the under surface of the tail shows indistinct dark 

 brown bars. 



166. Ptcnonottjs blaneoedi, Jerdon. 



Tycnonotus blanfordi, Jerdon, Ibis, 1862, p. 20. 



'Fycnonotus familiaris, Blyth^ Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxi, 1862, p. 243. 

 Microscelis hlanfordi, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 268, 1869. 

 Microtarsus llanfofdi, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 125: 



Ixos hlanfordi, Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 134, 1875; Gates, 

 Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 156. 



a. $ Mandalay, 26th September 1868. 

 h. % Bhamo, 19th February 1868. 



This is a very common species above Mandalay, but it does not extend to the 

 hills, as far as my observations go. It approaches very closely to F.plumosus, 

 Blyth, from which it differs in having much whiter ear-coverts, and in the quills 

 and tail being not so green and in the lower parts being lighter. 



167. Ptcnonotus elavescens, Blyth. 



Fycnonotus flavescens, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 563, 1845. 



Ixusflavescens, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 477; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, 

 vol. xliv, extra No., p. 134, 1875. 



a. Ponsee, 27th March 1868. 



Blyth's description is as follows : " Colour duU greenish-olive above, the crown 

 darker with broader and more rounded coronal feathers than in P. finlaysoni ; alars 

 margined with brighter yeUowish-green and caudals less decidedly ; under parts 

 paler, mingled with dull yellow, imparting a streaky appearance ; the vent and 

 lower tail-coverts bright yellow, paling off on the belly ; lores blackish, surrounded 

 with yellowish- white. Bill and feet dark. Length about 7 inches and 0'75. Wing 

 3-25. Tail 4 inches. Gape 0*88. Tarsus 0-75. It is said to be rare in Arracan. 

 It differs from P. finlaysoni in wanting the yellow stripe on the throat, with yellow- 

 ish colour of the crown and in having its tail feathers more graduated." 



