198 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
The Small Olive Bulbul has been procured only in the extreme south of 
Tenasserim, where Mr. Davison says it is very rare. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula, and occurs in the islands of 
Sumatra and Borneo. 
Mr. Davison states that this Bulbul has the same habits as the two pre- 
ceding species, and that in life and when freshly killed it is to be easily 
recognized by its bright orange-red. ophthalmic ring. 
P. sinensis, from China, is a pretty species with a white semicircle ex- 
tending from eye to eye round the nape. P. hainanus, from Hainan, is 
somewhat like P. plum^osus, but has the top of the head deep black. 
P. xanthorrhous, which has been procured in Yunnan, has a black head 
and the under tail-coverts are a beautiful golden yellow ; and a species 
allied to this is P. germaini, from Cochin China. The genus Spizixus con- 
tains three species remarkable for their short and stout bill, and for having 
the nostrils covered by the frontal plumes. One species, S. canifrons, has 
been found in the Khasia hills, and the other two are Chinese forms. 
- Genus OTOCOMPSxi, Cahanis. 
194. OTOCOMPSA JOCOSA. 
THE RED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 
Lanius jocosus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 138. Ixus monticola, MacClell. P. Z. 8. 1839, 
p. 160. Otocompsa jocosa, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 92 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mns. 
vi. p. 159, Otocompsa emeria (Linn.), Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 287 ; Hume, 
S. F. ii. p. 225, iii. p. 126 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 325 ; Oates, S. F. v. p. 157 ; 
Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 657 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 321 ; Cripps, S. F. 
vii. p. 280; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98. Otocompsa monticola (McClelL), Bl. 8f 
Wald. B. Burm. p. 135. Ixus jocosus, Eav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 142. 
Description. — Male and female. The forehead and summit of head, the 
lores, the feathers under the eye and a narrow moustachial streak passing 
under the ear-coverts to the back of the head black ; cheeks and ear-coverts 
white ; a tuft of feathers springing from under the eye and reaching to the 
ends of the ear-coverts crimson ; sides of the neck and a patch on either side 
of the breast brownish black ; the whole under plumage white except the 
under tail- coverts which are crimson, and the flanks and thighs which are 
hair-brown ; the edge of the wing pink ; upper plumage and wings earthy 
brown; tail dark brown, all but the central pair of feathers tipped with 
white. 
The young bird has no crimson tuft on the head, the head is dark brown, 
the plumage is fulvous and the under tail-coverts are pinkish brown. 
Iris hazel-brown ; mouth yellow ; bill, legs and claws black. 
