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its place along with that genus as a group of the Brachypodine 

 Thrushes. Iora is one of those forms that has certain affinities 

 both of structure and habits for some of the Parine and Leiotri- 

 ehine. groups. Bonaparte classes it along with Phyllornis, but as- 

 sociates with them Yuhina and Zosterops, which I prefer placing 

 with the Leiotrichinae, albeit there is a considerable resemblance 

 to those genera, and more especially to Erpornis, another member 

 of the same family. But the still closer affinities for Phyllornis, 

 shewn in Iora Lafresnayii, the nest and the color of the eggs, 

 which are those of the Bulbuls, have determined me to place 

 it here. 



Gen. Iora, Horsf. 



Syn. (Egithina Vieill. 



Char. — Bill moderate or rather long, somewhat compressed, 

 very slightly curving ; culmen rounded, slightly hooked at the tip, 

 and notched ; rictal bristles almost wanting ; nostrils apert ; wings 

 rather short, with 4th, 5th, and 6th quills sub-equal and longest ; 

 secondaries long, nearly equal to the primaries ; tail even, short ; 

 tarsus rather short with scales divided ; toes short ; middle toe 

 very little longer than the outer, which is slightly syndactyle ; claws 

 slightly curved ; hind toe shorter than the middle toe. 



467. Iora Zeylonica, Gmelin. 



Motacilla, apud Gmel. — Blyth, Cat. 1291 — Horsf., Cat. 

 409— Brown, 111. Zool., pi. 15 f. 2 — I. melaceps, Swains.— I. 

 typhia, apud Jerdon, Cat. 73 — Shoubiga or Shoubhigi, Hind. — 

 Fatsu-jitta, Tel. and Pacha-pora, Tarn. ; both names meaning 

 green-bird. 



The Black-headed Green Bulbul. 

 Descr. — Male in full plumage, with the head, back, wings, and 

 tail, deep black; the former with two white bars, caused by 

 the tips of the greater coverts ; scapulars also partly white ; 

 the tail tipped with yellowish white ; beneath bright yellow ; 

 abdomen and lower tail-coverts pale yellow ; the flanks have a 

 tuft of white silky feathers, and the base of the clothing feathers 

 is mostly white. 



