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This is a tolerably common bird in many parts of the South 

 of India ; rare in others. It is not found in the forests of Malabar, 

 but in low jungle in that province it is common, and on the skirts 

 of forests occasionally. In the Carnatic it is tolerably common in 

 bushy jungle, and even in gardens, in wooded districts ; also 

 throughout the Northern Circars to Goomsoor ; and Tickell found it 

 in Central India. It is not however known at Jubbulpore, Saugor, 

 Nagpore, nor Mhow, nor in the bare table land of the Deccan. 



It associates less in flocks than most of this family, being usually 

 seen alone, but it avoids observation, and keeps to the thickets. 

 It flies about from bush to bush with a fine loud, clear, thrush-like 

 warble, and feeds entirely on fruit of various kinds, I found the 

 nest in my garden at Nellore. It was rather loosely made with 

 roots, grass, and hair, placed in a hedge ; and the eggs, four in. 

 number, were reddish-white, with darker lake-red spots, exceed- 

 ingly like those of the common Bulbul. 



I see that the Ixos virescens of Temminck, which in my Cata- 

 logue I considered the same as this bird, now ranks as an Hyp- 

 sipetes. 



453. Ixos xantholaemus, Jekdon. 



Brachypus xantholsemus, Jerdon, 2nd Suppl., Cat. 69 bis — 111. 

 Ind. On., pi. 35— Blyth, Cat. 1269— Horse., Cat. 369— Konda- 

 poda-pigli, Tel. 



The Yellow-throated Bush Bulbul. 



Descr. — Head and face yellowish green ; upper plumage grey, 

 tinged with green, especially on the upper tail-coverts ; wings 

 dusky, edged with yellow green; tail dusky, the feathers edged 

 with yellow green, and, except the central ones, all the feathers 

 tipped with yellowish white, most broadly on the outermost ones; 

 chin, throat, and forehead pure canary yellow ; breast grey, paling 

 to whitish on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts pure yellow. 



Bill and legs black, irides red. Length nearly 8 inches ; wing 

 3 t 6 q ; tail 3y n ; bill at front T fi <j ; tarsus T 8 n . 



This bird is one of exceedingly limited geographical distri- 

 bution. I have only met with it from the Eastern Ghats, west 

 of Nellore, whence it was brought me by some Shikarees. It 



