PYCNONOTINiE. 79 



The Ghat Black Bulbul. 



Descr. — Above grey -brown, paler beneath ; wings and tail brown ; 

 head slightly crested, metallic black ; irides deep brown. Length 

 10 inches ; tail 4. 



Such is Col. Sykes' description ; but the figure in Jardine and 

 Selby's Illustration represents the upper plumage as more blackish 

 ashy. 



This species has only as yet been procured by Col. Sykes, who 

 says that it inhabits the Western ghats. It is most probably found 

 on the Mahableshwar Hills. Col. Sykes remarks, "stony fruit found 

 in its stomach ; flight rapid." Dr. Horsfield in his Catalogue gives 

 Assam also as a locality. This would be a very remarkable 

 distribution, and more probably he has not thoroughly compared 

 them, and the Assam bird will prove to be Blyth's H. concolor, 

 from Assam, the Khasia Hills, &c., which he states to be very 

 closely allied to the two last species. The wing and tail of Ganeesa, 

 described as being brown, had probably faded, as indeed the whole 

 colours of the birds of this section appear to do, more or less. 



Turdas ourovang, from Madagascar, figured P. E. 557, f. 2, 

 appears to belong to this genus and section ; and H. olivacea, Jard. 

 and Selby, 111. Orn. 1, pi. 148, from Mauritius, is another species. 



The next group are coloured more or less green, with dusky bills. 



447. Hypsipetes McLellandi, Horsfield. 

 P. Z. S., 1839— Bltth, Cat. 1249— Horsf., Cat. 390— H. 

 viridis, HoDGS. — Chinchiok-pJw, Lepch. — Chichiam, Bhot. 



The Rufous-bellied Bulbul. 



Descr. — Head brown, sub-crested, the feathers with pale centres; 

 the rest of the upper plumage olive-green ; ear coverts brownish ; 

 chin and throat w r hite, the feathers edged dusky ; sides of neck, 

 breast, and belly, light reddish brown, with pale centres to the 

 feathers, albescent on the lower part of the abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts yellowish. 



Bill dusky olive, horny fleshy beneath ; legs yellowish brown. 

 Irides light brown. Length 9 inches; extent 13; wing 4^; tail 

 4 ; bill at front £ ; tarsus f . 



