192 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
edged exteriorly with the colour of the back ; a broad supercilium white ; 
lores and feathers on eyelids black ; ear-coverts and cheeks pale brown ; 
chin and throat whitish ; breast brown^ with pale edgings ; centre of 
abdomen whity brown ; sides uniform brown ; vent and under tail-coverts 
yellow. 
Legs^ feet_, claws and bill black; irides wood-brown. {Davison.) 
Length 7*8 inches^ tail 3*2^ wing 3*3^ tarsus '8^ bill from gape '8. The 
female is a trifle smaller. 
The Yellow-vented Bulbul is found in Tenasserim as far north as 
Mergui^ and appears to be abundant. 
It extends through the Malay peninsula^ and occurs in Sumatra_, Java^ 
Lombock and Borneo. Dr. Tiraud states that it is one of the commonest 
birds of Cochin China. 
Mr. Davison says : — This Bulbul is very abundant in the island of 
Mergui in the secondary scrub and in gardens^ and wherever it occurs it 
keeps to such situations and avoids the forest. Its favourite haunt is open 
land^ with just a few bushes scattered about here and there. I have 
repeatedly seen it on the ground hopping about. It feeds largely on 
insects,, such as grasshoppers &c.j and also on berries and fruit ; and I 
have seen it clinging to mangoes and pecking away at the fruit. Its note 
is extremely like that of Otocompsa emeria — ^ kick, kick, pettigrew.' In 
life this bird has a particularly knoAving look, and is one of the prettiest 
birds of the open lands. It is usually found singly or in pairs, though 
often half a dozen or more may be seen seated about the bushes near each 
other, looking as if they all belonged to one flock or party ; but I do not 
think they act in concert or ever go in flocks. They are not shy.^^ 
187. PYCNONOTUS FLAVESCENS. 
BLYTH^S BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus flavescens, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 568 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 659 ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 143. Ixus flavescens, Bl. ^ Wald. B. Burm. 
p. 1.34 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 306 ; Hu7ne^ S. F. viii. p. 98. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead and crown brown, each feather 
edged with olive-yellow ; upper plumage and wing-coverts olive-brown, 
tinged with yellow ; lores dark brown, with a whitish line above them ; 
sides of the head greenish brown; lower plumage washed with yellow and 
the feathers of the breast with darker streaks ; vent and under tail-coverts 
deep yellow ; wings and tail brown, edged with olive-yellow. 
The plumage of this species is extremely variable, according to the state 
