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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
168. HEMIXUS HILDEBEANDI. 
HILDEBRAND^S BROWN-EARED BULBUL. 
Hemixus hildebrandi, Hume, 8. F. ii. p. 508 ; Wald. in Bl. B. Burtn. p. 133 ; 
Hume, 8. F. v. p. Ill ; Hume 8f Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 299 ; Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 98 ; 
8harpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 50. 
Description. — Male and female. Similar to H. flavala, but with thefore- 
head_, crown and nape dark brown or blackish. 
Irides crimson; bill black; legs and feet dark reddish horny. (Davison.) 
Length 8" 5 inches, tail 4, wing 4, tarsus '65; bill from gape "9. The ^ 
female is a trifle smaller. 
Hildebrand^s Brown-eared Bulbul was procured by Mr. Davison in the 
pine-forests of the Salween district in Tenasserim_, at an elevation of 
3000 feet. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay also met with it further north ; and 
of the three specimens procured by that gentleman_, one is labelled as 
having been shot in Tonghoo and the other two in the Karin hills_, at 
elevations respectively of 2000 and 4000 feet. 
Nothing has been noted about its habits. 
169. HEMIXUS DAVISONI. 
DAVISON'S BROWN-EARED BULBUL. 
Hemixus davisoni, Hume, 8. F. v. p. Ill ; Hume 8f Dav. 8, F. vi. p. 299 ; Hume, 
8. F, viii. p. 98 ; 8harpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 51. 
Description. — Male and female. Like H. flavala, but with the cap and 
back a rich warm brown and with much less yellow on the wing. (^Hume.) 
Bill and claws black; legs and feet reddish brown; irides crimson-lake. 
Length 8*5 inches^ tail 3 6j wing 4*04_, tarsus '6^ bill from gape "95. 
[Davison.) 
I have not been able to examine a specimen of this bird. The type, 
the only bird apparently procured by Mr. Davison, was shot at Thoungya 
Sakan in Tenasserim. 
