1839.] 



of (he Peninsula of India. 



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except in some few localities. It prefers a wooded district. I have 

 found it in Goomsoor in open jungle; in the Carnatic seldom, and only in 

 the vicinity of jungle, in thick hedges and bushy nullahs ; in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Coimbatoor; in low thickets, in the Wulliar jungle, and 

 very abundant in a bushy tract along^the West Coast. It flies actively 

 along from bush to bush, hiding itself in the thickets ; has a loud clear 

 thrush-like warble, and feeds entirely on fruit of various kinds. Irides 

 blood red; bill black; legs dusky. Length 7 J inches; wing 3i; tail 3£ 

 tarsus nearly T f>_. 



75. — T. Indicus. — Turdus Indicus, auct. — Merle olive des Indes, 

 Vieillot— Encyc. Method, p. 667. 



I am not aware whether this well marked species of Tricophorus has 

 been named or not, but as it appears to correspond with Turdus Indicus 

 of the older authors,! have no hesitation in applying that specific name. 



This bristle necked thrush frequents only thick and lofty jungle on 

 the West Coast, being found occasionally as high as 5000 feet. It lives 

 in small flocks, flying from tree to tree, and keeping up a continual, and 

 pleasing bulbul-like warble. In all the specimens I have examined, I 

 have found fruit only in its stomach, but from the strong bristles at the 

 base of the bill, I suppose it may, at certain seasons, partake of insects. 

 I add a brief description. — Above olive green; eye streak extending to 

 the forehead, and beneath yellow; quill feathers dusky on internal web ; 

 tail olive, beneath shafts of the feathers yellow*; bill and legs black ; 

 irides blood red. Length 1\ to 8 inches; wing 4 ; tail 3^; tarsus rather 

 more than T \. 



Genus IOEMATORNIS, Sw.— Crested Bulbul. 

 76. — H. Cafer. — Lanius Emeria, Shaw. — Bulbul, H. — Common Bulbul. 



This is one of the most common and abundant birds of India, fre- 

 quenting both gardens and cultivated ground, and low bushy jungle. 

 It is never found in dense jungle. It is found even on the Neilgherries 

 at Coonoor and Kotagherry at 6000 feet of elevation ; but I have not ob- 

 served it in the more elevated and central parts of the hills. It lives in 



* I see a now species from the Himalayas has lately been described by Gould (Froe, 

 Zool. Soc. 1836), which if really distinct differs only in being crested. 



