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BIRDS OF BRITISH BUBMAH. 
Lengtli 7-6 incites^ tail 3-5, wing 3*3; tarsus '65, bill from gape -73. The 
female is very slightly smaller. 
The Black-crested Yellow Bulbul is common throughout Pegu both in 
the hills and the plains. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay observed it Karennee. 
It appears to be spread throughout the whole of Tenasserim, and to be 
* common there, except in the higher hills, where Mr. Davison did not notice 
it. Mr. Blyth records it from Arrakan. 
It ranges into Cochin China and necessarily into Siam. It is found in 
the Indo-Burmese countries, the Eastern Bengal hills, and the Hima- 
layas up to Nipal, and it has also been procured in the forests of Central 
India. 
This Bulbul is a conspicuous bird, and when met with is not easily over- 
looked. Although not quite a garden bird, it is fond of orchards, com- 
pounds and roadsides. Great numbers may be frequently seen on a 
fruit-bearing tree, such as a peepul. Capt. Bingham found the nest in 
Tenasserim in April. It was in a bush, three feet from the ground, and 
was made of twigs and roots and lined with grass. It was a cup-shaped 
structure, and contained three eggs; they were white marked with pink 
and claret-red. 
Genus RUBIGULA, Blyth. 
196. RUBIGULA CYANIVENTRIS. 
THE GREY-BREASTED BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus cyaniventris, Bl. J. A. S. B. xi. p. 792. Ixidia cyaniventris, 
Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 320 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98. Rubigula cyaniven- 
tris, Shajye, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 169. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole head and lower plumage 
deep slaty blue ; lores black ; forehead and a streak over the lores paler 
slaty ; under tail-coverts bright yellow ; upper plumage and wing-coverts 
bright greenish yellow ; tail dark brown, the outer webs, except near the 
tips, chiefly greenish yellow ; quills dark brown, all but the first two pri- 
maries broadly edged with greenish yellow, and the tertiaries wholly of this 
colour j under wing- coverts pale sulphur-yellow. 
Legs and feet very dark plumbeous ; claws horny brown, almost black ; 
bill black ; irides dark brown, dark plumbeous slate^ and grey-brown. 
{Davison.) 
Length 6*3 inches, tail 2*6, wing 3^ tarsus '6, bill from gape '75. The 
female is rather smaller. 
