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quills somewhat darker brown ; tail brown at the base, black for 

 the terminal half, with a white tip ; chin and throat blackish 

 brown, this colour extending round to the back of the ears ; 

 breast and lower parts pale whity-brown, more albescent on the 

 middle of the abdomen ; under tail-coverts bright yellow. 



Bill black ; legs plumbeous ; irides brown. Length nearly 

 8 inches ; extent 11 ; wing 3f ; tail 3^ ; bill at front •§ ; tarsus T 9 n . 



The White -cheeked Bulbul is found throughout the whole extent 

 of the Himalayas, from Cashmere to Bootan. It is most abundant, 

 in Sikhim, from about 2,500 to 5,000 feet of elevation. It feeds 

 both on seeds, fruits, and insects. Hutton found the nest neatly- 

 made with stalks and grass, and containing three or four eggs, 

 rosy or purplish white, with specks and spots of dark purple 

 or claret. 



459. Otocompsa leucotis, Gould. 



Ixos, apud Gould, P. Z? S., 1836— Blyth, Cat. 1265— Hoksf., 

 Cat. 359 — Kangdhara, Beng. — Kushandra, or Kushanbra of the 

 Punjab — Bhooroo of Sindh. 



The White-eared Crested-Bulbul. 



Descr. — Whole head and neck black, passing into rich brown, 

 on the neck; ear-coverts, and a patch below them, white, edg- 

 ed black ; upper plumage earthy brown; tail brown at the base, the 

 terminal half blackish brown, with the edges white, most broadly 

 so on the outer feathers; beneath, from the breast, whity-brown ; 

 the under tail-coverts rich saffron-yellow. 



Length 7 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 3£ ; bill at front T 7 g ; tarsus f . 

 This species has the tail slightly rounded, the bill is rather short, 

 deep, and strong, and in these points it makes approach to Pyc. 

 sinensis, V., p. 86. 



This Bulbul is found in the Punjab, extending down the Indus 

 and Sutlej, through Ferozepore and Bhawulpore, into Sindh and 

 Guzrat. Nothing is recorded of its habits. 



Ixos tympanistrigus, Mull., of Bonaparte's Conspect, may 

 perhaps belong to the present group ; as does certainly chrysor- 

 Jueus, Latham, from Java, figured in Brown's 111. Zool. 



