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4. Ph Jerdoni, nobis : Chi. cochinchinensis apud Jerdon, Catal . : 

 the male described as the female of the next, in J. A. S. XII, 

 956. 



5. Ph. malabaricus, (Gm.) ; le petit Merle de la cote de Malabar, 

 Sonnerat : Chi ccesmarhynchos,* Tickell ; Chi. aurifrons apud Jerdon, 

 Catal. 



And the two remaining species inhabit Nepal, Assam, Sylhet, and 

 Arracan ; No. 6 extending into Bengal. 



6. Ph. aurifrons, (J. and S.) ; figured as Chloropsis malabaricus by 

 Messrs. Jardine and Selby, as subsequently corrected by them in their 

 synopsis of the genus. 



7. Ph. Hardwickii, (J. and S.) : Chi. curvirostris, Swainson ; Chi. 

 cyanopterits, Hodgson ; Chi. chrysogaster, M'Clelland and Horsfield ; 

 and Chi. auriventris, Guerin. 



I shall now essay to enumerate the Indian and Malayan Bulbouls, 

 which are very numerous, and pertain to various genera. 



To commence with the genus Pycnonotus of Kuhl, comprising Hce- 

 matornis of Swainson, nee Vigors. 



1. P. bengalensis, nobis: P. v. Ixos cafer, apud nos et alios, ante.\ 

 Bengal, Nepal, Assam, Sylhet, Tipperah. 



2. P. hcemorrhous, (Lath.): Hcematornis pusillus et pseudoenfer, 

 nobis, J. A. S., X, 841, &c. ; cafer apud Jerdon, Catal. Peninsula of 

 India, and Arracan : common about Agra. 



3. P.jocosus, (L.) : Gracula cristata, Scopoli ; Lanius emeria, Shaw. 



* This unmeaning name, c&smarhynchos (apud Tickell), v. casmarhynchos (apud 

 Gray), is merely a misprint for gampsorhynchus of Jardine and Selby: vide Griffith's 

 ' Animal Kingdom,' VI, 391. 



f In a letter lately received from Lord Arthur Hay, his lordship says—" I have 

 been inspecting Buffon's figure of the true cafer from the Cape, and it does not agree 

 in the least with the Bengal bird." Mr. Strickland, judging from the admeasure- 

 ments alone (in the An. and Mag. N. H., Vol. XIV, 47), concluded them to be the 

 same. The wide difference of habitat, however, would lead to a pre-supposition of 

 their distinctness ; and presuming that they do differ, I now propose for the com- 

 mon Bengal species, the specific name bengalensis. This name is, indeed, better 

 applicable than such terms usually are, since it is very doubtful whether more 

 than two species of the genus exist in Bengal, this and the jocosus, and the present 

 one is by far the more abundant of the two. It is closely allied to P. hcemorrhous^ 

 from which it differs in its larger size, and the greater extent of the black colouring, 

 which spreads over the whole neck (excepting the ear-coverts, which are brownish), 

 and low upon the breast, the back and belly also being much darker than in P. 

 htzmorrhous, but the feathers of these parts are similarly margined with greyish. 

 Length nine inches and a half, by twelve and a half in spread of wing ; the closed wing 

 four inches, and tail the same. 



