THE GEEEN DWARF BULBUL. ^01 
R. webberi, Hume^ from Tonka in the Malay peninsula, has the feathers 
of the breast black edged with white^ and the tail-feathers tipped with 
white. It is not unlikely to occur in Tenasserim. 
The Grey-breasted Bulbal appears to be but a rare straggler into the 
extreme southern portion of Tenasserim^ where Mr. Davison got only one 
specimen. It is common in the Malay peninsula, and also occurs in 
Sumatra. 
According to Mr. Davison it is a Bulbul of rather shy habits, and on 
being disturbed beats a retreat to the forest or to other dense cover. Its 
note is a sharp lively chirrup. They appear to live entirely on small 
berries. 
Subfamily ^GITHININ^. 
Genus ^GITHINA, Vieill. 
197. iEGITHINA VIRIDISSIMA. 
THE GREEN DWARF BULBUL. 
lora viridissima, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 307 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 192 Hume^ 
S. F. V. p. 427 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 327 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 99. JEgi- 
thina viridissima, Tweedd. Ihis, 1877, p. 304, pi. v. ; Shaiye, Cat. Birds B. 
Mus. vi. p. 6. 
Description. — Male. The whole plumage dark green, becoming yellow 
on the lower abdomen and vent ; lores blackish ; feathers immediately 
above and below the eyes bright yellow ; under tail-coverts pure yellow ; 
under wing-coverts white ; tail glossy black ; wing-coverts black, broadly 
tipped with white, which forms two wing-bars ; quills black, all narrowly 
edged with green ; the tertiaries also broadly edged on both webs with 
white. 
The female has the upper plumage dark green, almost as dark as in 
the male ; the tail green_, paler than the back, and narrowly edged with 
yellow ; the lores and sides of the head are greenish yellow, and conse- 
quently the yellow edging is not so conspicuous as in the male ; the whole 
lower plumage light yellowish green ; wing-coverts brown, broadly tipped 
and edged with pale yellow ; quills blackish brown^ edged with greenish 
yellow. 
Legs and feet plumbeous blue ; claws black ; lower mandible, gape and 
a line on each side of upper mandible dark plumbeous blue; rest of 
upper mandible black or blackfsh brown; irides dark to reddish brown. 
[Davison.) 
