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Bulbouls have been brought together under this appellation. Swainson 

 gives Turdus dispar, Horsf., as the type ; and Gray and Gould have 

 applied it to species of true Pycnonotus ; viz. Br. leucogenys and 

 Br. melanocephalus, Gray, in Hardwicke's ' Illustrations,' and Br. plu- 

 mifer, Gould, a synonyrae of the second species cited : P. leucotis, 

 however, is referred by Gould to Ixos ; and his Br. gularis would seem 

 to be a true congener of Br. dispar, (Horsf.,) Sw. To the type of the 

 two latter species, I shall now provisionally give the name Rubigula ; 

 and then there remains that of Lanius melanocephalus, Gm., and its 

 congeners, for which I can find no appellation, and shall therefore de- 

 signate Brachypodius. 



Rubigula, nobis. There is unfortunately no specimen in the mu- 

 seum from which I can define this group, but of the present series it 

 makes the nearest approach to Pycnonotus, and has the rump uniformly 

 coloured with the back, and a subquadrate tail, unlike the next form. 

 The species (at least in the male sex) are remarkable for the brilliant 

 ruby, or sometimes orange-ruby, hue of the throat, the feathers of 

 which are rigid and glistening. Three species would appear to have 

 been ascertained. 



1. R. dispar, (Horsfield), Lin. Tr. XIII, 150. Malay countries. 



2. R. gularis, (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 186: Brachypus 

 rubineus, Jerdon. {Southern India. ^ , , ** / -z* ~ 



3. R. , (Temminck), p. c. 3B2, fig, 2, as noticed in Griffith's 



1 Animal Kingdom,' VI, 390. Java. 



Brachypodius, nobis. 



1. Br. entilotus, (Jardine and Selby), ///. Orn , 2nd series. { Non 

 vidi.J Hab. Malacca. 



2. Br. poiocephalus, (Jerdon). Southern India. 



3. Br. melanocephalus, (Gmelin) : Turdoides atriceps, Temminck. 

 Malay countries, extending northward to Arracan and Tipperah. 



4. Br. cinereoventris, nobis. Differs from the last in having the 

 nape and under-parts to near the vent of a deep ash-grey, and in its 

 tail-feathers being less deeply tipped with yellow, which is also less 

 bright, while the green of the upper parts is darker and much less 

 yellowish. Length of the wing three inches and a quarter. Inhabits 

 Tipperah. 



5. Br. tristis, nobis. Also allied to Br. melanocephalus, but remark- 

 able for its very plain brown colouring. Length about seven inches, or 



