pycnonotin^:. 89 



It is in this group that we find an approach to the color of the 

 common Bulbuls of India, Haematornis and Pycnonotus, as in no 

 other genus is there any red tint. 



Gen. Brachypodius, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill somewhat as in Rubigula, short, rather deep at the 

 base, but the rictal bristles more feeble ; tail more or less 

 rounded. 



This form is chiefly developed in Malayana, only one species 

 from Southern India, and one from Tipperab, occurring else- 

 where. 



457. Brachypodius poiocephaliis, Jerdon. 



Brachypus, apud Jerdon, Cat. 70 — 111. Ind. Orn., pi. 31 — 

 Blyth, Cat. 1282. 



The Gray-headed Bulbul. 



Descr. — Crown of head, occiput and throat, bluish gray ; fore- 

 head siskin green ; back, wings, and plumage beneath, oil-green, 

 lighter towards the vent ; feathers of the rump light yellowish 

 green, broadly streaked with black ; tail with the centre feathers 

 greenish, broadly edged with gray, lateral feathers black, also gray- 

 edged ; under tail-coverts light gray. 



Bill greenish horn ; legs reddish yellow ; irides bluish white. 

 Length about 7 inches ; extent 9 ; wing 3 ; tail 2-^ ; tarsus | inch ; 

 bill at front T 7 g- 



The Gray-headed Bulbul is confined to the forests of the 

 Malabar Coast, extending from Travancore to Honore. It is found 

 from near the sea level to about 2,000 feet or so of elevation, living 

 in small families, and feeding chiefly on stony fruit. The plumage 

 of the back and rump is very copious and puffy, recalling the 

 structure of Iora, and, like that bird, the present has whitish 

 hides, which are rare in this, or indeed in any group. 



A species with very similar markings, Brachypus eutihtus, from 

 Malacca, is figured by Jardine and Selby ; and of this Gray makes 

 his sub-genus, Euptilotus, to which perhaps the present species 

 would appertain. 



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