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Length of male 20 inches, of female 22 inches. Of the 

 latter the wing is 14 ; tail 9 ; tarsus 2£ ; inner claw largest — 

 then the centre one ; outer sub-equal to hinder claw ; tarsus 

 moderately stout, feathered nearly to the end of the toes — 

 wing rounded ; 5th quill longest ; 4th nearly equal to it ; 

 conch rather small. Disk incomplete above, but strongly 

 marked below. 



I have procured this owl lately in the dense woods of the 

 Neilgherries. It is quite nocturnal in its habits. 



70, bis. — and 70, ter — Genus Brachypus. 



I procured two species of Bulbuls in the Mysore district 

 bordering the Neilgherries, which appeared to be undescribed, 

 but unfortunately either lost or mislaid them before I had 

 written a description of either. A coloured drawing of both 

 however, was taken by a native painter in Mr. Elliot's service 

 on my arrival on the Hills, and from these I now add a brief 

 description. They were about 6 J or 7 inches in length ; the 

 white checked one rather the smallest of the two. 



70, bis. — Yellow-eared Bulbul. — Above yellowish green, 

 beneath yellow ; ocular region black ; a plume of soft loose 

 feathers over the ear tipt with yellow. 



70, ter. — White-eared Bulbul— Above light green, beneath 

 greenish yellow ; head, neck and breast dusky grey ; ear spot 

 white. 



No. 85, bis. — Tardus varius. 



From specimens I have lately seen and procured through 

 the kindness of S. Ward, Esq., I am induced to think that the 

 bird I procured in the Northern Division and placed as 

 T. varius in the Catalogue, will prove another distinct spe- 

 cies, probably the T. {Oreocincla) parvirostris of Gould, and 

 that the specimens lately procured on the Neilgherries are 

 those of the true Tardus varius. It is by no means a com- 



