314 PTCNOJSfOIIDiE. 



brown and lavender-grey. Four examples measure respectively : 

 •73 by -57 ; "77 by -6 ; -77 by -6 ; '76 by -6. 



4. Tavoy, Tenasserim, 16th March Hume Coll. 



{J. Daiii 



Molpastes pygseus, Hodys. 



Pj'cnonotus pygseus, Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 376 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 



S. B. xliii. pt. ii. p. 178 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 128 



(1881). 

 Molpastes bengalensis, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 271 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 174 (1889). 

 Molpastes pygseus, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (1901). 



The eggs of the Bengal Eed- vented Bulbul in no way difPer from 

 those of M.fuscus, except in being slightly larger. They measure 

 from -88 to 1'05 in length, and from '67 to '75 in breadth. 



14. Sikhim. Hume Coll. 



2.5. Mongphoo, Darjiling {J. Gammiu). Hume Coll. 



1. 8ikhim Terai. 30th April. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 9th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 10th May. Hume Coll. 

 3. Sikhim Terai, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Sikhim Terai, 13th May. Hume Coll. 



3. Sikliim Terai, 19th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sikhim Terai, 31st May. Hume Coll. 



2. Shillong, Assam, June. Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen 



[C.]. 

 2. Bengal. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Barrackpur (R. C. Beaoan: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Molpastes intermedius {A. Hay). 



Pycnonotua intermedius, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 130 (1881). 

 Molpastes intermedius, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 272 (1889) ; 



id. ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 175 (1889) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iii. p. 329 (1889). 



The eggs of the Punjab Eed-vented Bulbul in the Collection 

 resemble those of M. fuscus and M. pygceus. Three examples 

 measure respectively : 1-01 by -72 ; -91 by -7 ; "92 by "63. 



1 . Kashmir, 5th May ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Mussoori, Himalayas (T. Sitrto/i). Hume Coll. 



Genus PYCNONOTUS, Boie. 



The eggs of the Bulbuls of this genus resemble those of the 

 Bulbuls of the genus Molpastes, and, whenever the series of eggs of 

 any species is tolerably large, appear to be of as many types of 

 coloration as the eggs of M. fuscus. 



