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This is a small group of very pretty birds found in -India, 

 Burmah, and Malay ana, the species being, as usual, rather locally 

 distributed. Bonaparte places this sub-family among the Mellipha- 

 gidee. Gray also places Phyllornis at the end of the Melliphagidce, 

 and Blyth considers that it is allied to that family (though not 

 so nearly as are the Orioles) ; but, in his Catalogue, places it and 

 lora in his sub-family Phyllornince of -the PycnonotidcB, with which 

 views I entirely agree. Their general structure and habits are quite 

 like those of the short-footed Thrashes in general, and their 

 geographic distribution coincides with that of the present family. 

 The birds, however, as a rule, are more insectivorous than the 

 true Bulbuls. 



Gen. Phyllornis, Boie. 



Syn. Chloropsis, Jard. and Selby. 



Char. — Bill moderate or rather long ; culmen keeled, and more 

 or less curved ; tip bent down and notched; nostrils basal, leng-- 

 thened; wings moderately long, with the 4th and 5th quills sub- 

 equal, but the 4th longest ; tail moderate or rather short, even ; 

 tarsus short, smooth. 



The bill in this genus is of very variable strength and curvature. 



The plumage of all is bright grass-green, varied with blue and 



yellow markings about the head and neck. g In one or more 



species the wings are fine blue, shoAving an approximation towards 



Irena. There are four species found in our province, two in 



Southern, and two in Northern India. 



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463. Phyllornis Jerdoni, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XII, 392— Blyth, Cat. 1287— Horsf., Cat. 396— 

 Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn., pi. 43 — Chloropsis coesmarhynchos, apud 

 Tickell — Chi. cochinsmensis, apud Jerdon, Cat. 72 — Harreiva, 

 H. — Wanna bojanum, Tel. i. e., Ornament of the forest. 



The Common Green Bulbul. 

 Deser. — Male, pale grass-green, shoulder patch pale shining blue, 

 quills dusky internally ; chin, throat and gorge, deep black, surround- 

 ed by a greenish yellow band, which extends through the eyes to 

 the forehead ; maxillary streak hyacinth blue, short. The female 



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