MOLPASTES. 



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3. Nilghiri Hills. Hume Ooll. 



1. Niljrhiri Hills. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Nilghiri Hills, 20th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 2. Nilghiri Hills, April. Hume Coll. 



2. Ooouoor, Nilghiri Hills, 21st May. Hume Coll. 



3. Ceylon {E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



1. Ceylon (E. L. L.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ceylon, May (A. L. Butler). Crowley Bequest. 



3. India. W. Radclift'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Molpastes bnrmanicus {Sharpe). 

 (Plate X. fig. 18.) 



Pycnonotus burmanicus, Sharpe,Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 125 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 44 (1899). 

 Molpastes burmanicus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 269 (1889) ; id. 



ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 173 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



iii. p. 328 (1901). 



The eggs of the Burmese Eed-vented Bulbul are of a broad oval 

 form, sometimes approaching the spherical, and they exhibit a con- 

 siderable amount of gloss. They differ from those of M. fuscus in 

 having the ground of a greyish-pink colour, marked with roundish 

 spots and blotches of deep purplish red, chocolate-brown and lavender 

 grey, which have a tendency to form an irregular cap or zone at 

 the broader end. The markings are often blurred at the edges, and 

 the underlying lavender-grey is frequently disposed in large smears 

 and clouds. Specimens measure from "75 to '96 in length, and 

 from -Qo to "68 in breadth. 



3. Pegu, 23rd April {E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 21st April {E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th May [E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 28th May {E. W. O.). Oates CoU 

 1. Pegu, 31st May [E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 

 1. Pegu, 24th June (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5th July {E. W. 0. .- Seebohiii Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



1. Pegu, 15th July (E jr. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 20th Jufy (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 28th July (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th Sept. {,E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



Molpastes atricapillus (Vieill.). 



Pycnonotus atricapillus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 127 (1881). 

 Molpastes atricapillus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 270 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sc Egas Ind. Birds, i. p. 173 (1889); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 328 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chinese Eed-vented Bulbul are of a broad oval 

 form, and have a moderate amount of gloss. They are of a pinkish- 

 white colour, thickly speckled and dotted all over with rich reddish 



