4'22 PTCNONOTlDiE. coloured than those of the two preceding species and they measure about 21-0 X lo-9 mm. Mr. Kellow's eggs were takeu in January, Tebruary and April.
Habits. Those of the genns but this species is a bird of thin forests and does not haunt cnltivated or inhabited areas.
(438) Pycnonotus erythropthalmus erytliropthalmus.
The Small Olite Bulbul.
- I.ros en/thr<i2)thcihnus Hmne, S. F., vi, p. 314 (1878) (Pakclian, S. Tennsserim).
- Pi/cnonotits pusillus. Bhiiif. & Oates, i, p. 29'3.
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. The whole upper plumage and wing-coverts olive- brown, tinged with rufescent on the rump and upper tail-coverts; tail rufescent-brown; wings brown, the visible jiortions suffused with olive; lores and sides of the head ashy-brown; chin and throat ashjr-wiiite; breast and sides of the body ashy-brown washed with fulvous; abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts dusky yellow; under w ing-coverts and axillaries pale ochraceous yellow.
Colours of soft parts. Iris crimson, an ophthalmic ring vivid orange-yellow but this withers away in skins and is not discernible; bill black, gape and base of lower mandible and nostrils orange- yellow; legs, feet and claws pale reddish-horny.
Measurements. Length about IGo mm.; wing 70 to 78 mm.; tail about 75 mm.; tarsus about 15 to 16 mm.; culmen about 13 to 14 mm.
Nidification and Habits. According to Davison this Bulbul differs in no way from the various races of P. plumosus. The few eggs of which measurements have been obtainable measure about 21'0 x 15*9 mm., bat a larger series would certainly give a smaller average for the eggs of this small bird. Genus MICEOTARSUS Eyton, 1839. The genus Microtarsus may be recognized by its very ample and lengthened tail-coverts, rounded tail and the extraordinary development of the feathers of the lower back and rump, which are moreover barred with black; in this respect Microtarsus shows great affinities to Pinarocichla. In this genus the feathers of the head, though erectile, are exceedingly short and glossy. The bill is about half the length of the head, and the rictal bristles are well-developed. The tarsus is very short but fairly stout. The plumage of all the known species is very pleasing.
- Sliarpe sliows that P. jmsi/Jiis of Salvador!, 1874, is preoccupied by Gray, Grenera Birds, i, p. 237. and cannot, be used. He therefore proposes
(Cat. B. M., 1881. Appendix, p. 401), P. scdvadorii, but though this stands as the name for the Suiuatran race, erythropthalmus of Ilunie has priority as the specific name.
