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with pale shaft-stripes ; abdomen and flanks pale chestnut ; under tail- 
coverts^ thighs and vent ochraceous yellow ; under wing-coverts isabelline; 
primaries and secondaries dark brown edged with olive -green. 
Bill blackish above^ livid grey horny below ; irides brownish red or dark 
redj feet fleshy brown j claws brown horny. {Scully,) 
Length 9*5 inches^ tail 4-3; wing 4'4^ tarsus '7, bill from gape l*] 5. The 
female is smaller. 
The Rufous-bellied Bulbul, according to Mr. Blyth^ occurs in Arrakan. 
Northwards it is known to inhabit the Khasia and Tipperah hills^ and 
it extends along the Himalayas from Assam westwards to Mussoorie. 
This bird frequents forests and is commonly seen in pairs. The nest^ 
according to Mr. Hodgson, is a shallow saucer made of roots and leaves, 
and is suspended in the fork of a branch. 
173. lOLE TICKELLI. 
TICKELL^S BULBUL. 
Hypsipetes tickelli, Bl. J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 275 ; Bl. ^ Wald. B. Burm. p. 133 ; 
Hume 4* Dew. S. F. vi. p. 296 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98; Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. 
Mus. vi. p. 60. 
Description. — Male and female. Very similar to I.macclellandi, differing 
only in the following points : — The ear-coverts are paler rufescent with 
distinct pale shaft-lines ; the breast is ashy brown with pale shaft-lines ; 
the abdomen and vent are white ; the under tail- coverts are pure yellow ; 
and the sides of the body are washed with olive. 
Legs and feet fleshy pink, dark fleshy pink, light purplish brown, pale 
pinkish brown or pale reddish brown ; bill black, horny black or dark 
horny brown ; irides wood-brown, deep red-brown, light red or crimson, 
[Davison.) 
Length 9*2 inches, tail 4, wing 4, tarsus '7, bill from gape 1*2. The 
female is a trifle smaller. 
/. holti from China is an allied species, differing from /. macclellandi in 
having the whole back, rump and upper tail-coverts brown. 
TickelPs Bulbul occurs in Tenasserim from the pine-forests of the 
Salween district down to Mooleyit, at elevations of not less than 2500 feet. 
Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it in Karennee at elevations from 2500 
to 4000 feet. 
This species, according to Mr. Davison, is usually found on the outskirts 
of the forest along forest-paths, and in fact wherever the forest is not too 
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