ORD. INSESSORES. 



FAM. BRACHYPODINM. 



GEN. BRACHYPUS. 



PLATE XXXVIL 

 BRACHYPUS RUBINEUS. 



RUBY THROATED BULBUL. 



Synon. — Brachypus Gularis. — Gould, Proc. Zoo. Soc. — 1835. 



I HAVE only found the Ruby Throated Bulbul in Malabar, generally in open 

 glades of the forest, and in the neighbourhood of water, frequenting trees and bushes 

 in small flocks, and feeding on various fruits and berries. It is certainly a rare 

 bird, though I have seen it in one or two collections made in Malabar and Tra- 

 vancore. 



Sometime ago I suggested to Mr. Blyth that it may have been Gould's 

 species Gularis, described from Travancore, but the description of the throat is 

 omitted, probably through mistake, as the specific name is derived therefrom. Mr. 

 Blyth in his synopsis of the Brachypodinse, before alluded to,* has made a new 

 genus for this and Horsfield's Turdus dispar, (which closely resembles our bird) under 

 the name of Rubigula. 



Description. — Head and cheeks pure glossy black ; plumage above, yellowish 

 green; chin spot black; throat of a beautiful shining ruby red, the feathers divided, 

 and somewhat bristly ; rest of the plumage beneath, yellow ; quills with their inner 

 webs dusky, bill black, legs greenish dusky, irides light yellow. 



Length about 6 J — ^wing 3 — tail 2f — tarsus ^^^ths. 



* I. A. S. 1845, p. 676. 



