10 MALAYAN OIIXITHOLO0T. 



streak ; bare skin round the eyes pale yellowish green ; upper 

 parts dull brown ; underparts white, with brown streaks on the 

 breast; legs flesh-colour; basal half of the lower mandible yellow, 



Malacopterum magnum (Eyt.). 



A specimen from Gunong Pulai, Johor, shot 25th August, 

 1879, a male, measured about 6 inches in length. Forehead 

 chestnut ; nape black ; upper parts dull red-brown ; beneath glossy 

 white ; dusky on the breast. 



Drymocataphtts nigricapitatus (Eyt.). 



Gunong Pulai, Johor, 9th August, 1879. A male ; length 5^ 

 inches, tarsus 1 T V ; crown and nape black ; most of plumage red- 

 brown ; underparts bright rufous ; throat white ; cheeks ashy. 



Otocompsa analis (Horsf.). 



About the most common bird in the Straits, also very plentifully 

 distributed throughout the Native States ; in the Singapore gardens, 

 it simply swarms, and is easily known by the bright yellow feathers 

 beneath its tail. It breeds during April and May. 



At Tanglin, Singapore, I found a nest in a road-side hedge ; 

 it was carefully concealed, but within a few feet of passing car- 

 riages. The eggs were white, blotched (but principally at the 

 larger end) with red-brown. 



One I shot at Singapore, on 25th December, 1877, was 7| 

 inches in length. Irides dark brown. A female which I shot 

 at Kuala Kangsa. Perak, on 23rd March, 1877, was rather smaller 

 than the above. 



They feed on insects, and have a rather pleasing song. 



Ixus pltjmosus (Blyth.). 



Late in September, 1879, I shot a pair of these soft-plumaged 

 Bulbuls in the low jungle bordering the sea-shore on Pulau Batam, 

 an island near Singapore. 



MlCROTAKSUS MELANOLEUCUS (Eyt.). 



Malacca. Description from the skin : — Length 7 inches. En- 

 tirely black, except the wing-coverts, which are creamy white. 



rachypodius MELANOCEPHALUs (Gin.). The Fan-tailed Bulbul. 



I have specimens of this Bulbul from Malacca, and also shot 

 several in Perak. 



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