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BIEDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
166, HYPSIPETES CONCOLOR, 
THE BURMESE BLACK BULBUL. 
Hypsipetes concolor, Bl. J. A. 8. B. xviii. p. 816 ; Bl. 8f Wald. B. Burm. p. 132 ; 
Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 295 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. 
p. 181 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 38. Hypsipetes yunnanensis, 
Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p, 213 ; Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 137 ; A?idej's. Yunnan 
Exped. p. 656, pi. l. Hypsipetes subniger, Hume, S. F. v. p. 109. 
Description. — Male and female. Like H. psaroides, but darker ; the 
whole back between the scapulars^ the lesser wing-coverts^ the cheeks and 
sides of the neck are black. 
LegSj bill and feet varied from bright to deep coral-red; irides dull 
crimson-lake. [Davison.) 
Length 10 inches^ tail 4*5^ wing 5, tarsus '7 , bill from gape 1'2. The 
female is smaller. 
The Burmese Black Bulbul is founds according to Mr. Davison^ in 
Tenasserim from the extreme north down toMeetan at the foot of Moolevit 
mountain^ but it does not ascend to the summits of the highest hills. Capt. 
Wardlaw Ramsay found it at Tonghoo and also in the Karin hills at an 
altitude of 1500 feet. Capt. Bingham states that it occurs in the Thoun- 
gyeen valley. 
Out of British Burmah it has only been found to the east of Bhamo and 
in the Khasia hills. 
The present species is said by Mr. Davison to go about in small flocks, 
from tree-top to tree-top, keeping up a continual chirping chatter, living 
chiefly on small berries, but also occasionally eating insects, and being 
extremely fond of the nectar of flowers. 
There are some closely allied species in China. H. perniger is deep 
black throughout ; H. nigerrimus is also deep black, but the edges of the 
wing-feathers are grey ; H. leucocephalus has the forehead and abdomen 
white ; and H. amaurotis has the ear-coverts chestnut. 
