Otocompsa jocosa, Cab., Mus. Hein., th. i, p. 109, 1850; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, ,p. 92, 1868;
Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 440; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix, 1870,
p^ 106; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 70.
Ixtts erythrotis, Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 421,1854.
Ixus monticolus, McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 160; Shaw, Ibis, 1867, p. 8.
Otocompsa emeria, Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. i, p. 309, 1873; vol. iv, pp. 225, 477, 1874;
vol. iii, p. 126, 1875; 1877, p. 35; Armstrong, 1876, p. 825; Oates', t. c., 1877,
p. 157.
Otocompsa monticola, Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., 1875, p. 185.
a. S Shuaygoomyo, 21st January 1868.
b. % Second defile, Irawady, 5th March 1875.
c. S Sawady, 25th January 1875.
d. 4 j Bham6, 3rd February 1868.
e. Ponsee, 18th March 1868.
The race in Burma resembles the Indian form in every respect, except that
the hair-like crimson feathers below and behind the eye are darker and shorter
than in the Bengal race, and the white ear-patch is a little larger. I did not
observe this bird beyond; in the Sanda valley to the eastward its place appears to
he taken by Pycnonotus xanthorrhous, Andr.
Genus P y c n o n o t u s , Kuhl.
164. P y c n o n o t t js n i g r i p i l e u s , Blyth.
Pycnonotus nigropileus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 472, 1847; id., Cat. B. Mus.
As. Soc., Bengal, p. 209, 1849; Ibis, 1867, p. 9; Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 441; Blanford, I. c,,
1870, p. 467; Walden, Proc. Zool. Soc., Lond., 1866, p. 549; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As.
Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 135, 1875.
Ixus nigripileus, Bonap. Consp. Av., t. i, p. 265, 1850.
Molpostes nigropileus, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1870, p. 378, 1874, p. 477.
a . S Yaylaymaw, 7th January 1875.
b. t Bham6, 4th February 1868.
c. S •- „ ' ' ' -
d. S Ponsee, 1st March 1868.
e. 9 I M
/ . $ Muangla, 26th July 1868.
This species is common at Bham6, and in the Kakhyen hills, hut I did not
observe it beyond the Sanda valley.
The young has the head deep brown, and the tail feathers brown, with distinct
indications of barring, with deep brown when held in certain lights.
165. P y c n o n o t u s x a n t h o r r h o u s , Andr. Plate LI.
Py cn o n o tu s xanthorrhous, Andr., Proc. As. Soc., Bengal, 1869, p. 265; Proc. Zool. Soc., Lond.,
1871, p. 214; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., 1875, p. 135, note.
Ixus andersoni, Swinhoe, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. v, ser. 4, 1870, p. 175.
Ixus xanthorrhous, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soo., 1871, p. 869 j David, Joum. de Voy. Explor. en Chine,
vol. i, 1875, p. 80, e t vol. ii, p. 40.
a . b . i 9 Shitee hill, 20th February 1875.
c. ¡5 Manwyne, Sanda valley, 31st May 1868.
d. e. $ Momien, 1st June 1868.
Length 7"‘7 0 ; wing 3 " - 6 5 ; tail 3 " - 6 0 ; bill (gape) 0 " - 7 7 ; tarsus 0"* 7 0 .
This Species is nearly allied to O. jocosa in the general style of its colouring,
but differs from it in its yellow under tail-coverts, and in its ear-coverts being pale
brown. I t has the square tail and the well developed rictal bristles of a Pycnonotus.
Held in certain lights, the under surface of the tail shows indistinct dark
brown bars.
1 6 6 . P y c n o n o t u s b l a n f o r d i , Jerdon.
Pycnonotus blmfordi, Jerdon, Ibis, 1862, p. 20.
Pycnonot/us familia/ris, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxi, 1862, p. 243.
Microscelis blmfordi, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 268, 1869.
Microtarsus blmfordi, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 125.
Im s blaiifordi, Blyth 8s Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 184, 1876; Oates,
Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 156.
• a. ? Mandalay, 26th September 1868.
b. $ Bham6, 19th February 1868.
; ¿ c. 9 « » » .
This is a very common species above Mandalay, hut it does not extend to the
hills, as far as my observations go. I t approaches very closely to P.plumosus,
Blyth, from which it differs in having much whiter ear-coverts, and in the quills
and tail being not so green and in the lower parts being lighter.
1 6 7 . P y c n o n o t u s f l a v e s c e n s , Blyth.
Pycnonotus fla/oescens, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiv, p. 563, 1845.
Ixus flavescens, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 477; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xliv, extra No., p. 134, 1875.
a. Ponsee, 27th March 1868.
Blyth’s description is as follows: “ Colour dull greenish-olive above, the crown
darker with broader and more rounded coronal feathers than in P. finlaysoni; alars
margined with brighter yellowish-green and caudals less decidedly; under parts
paler, mingled with dull yellow, imparting a streaky appearance; the vent and
lower tail-coverts bright yellow, paling off on the belly; lores blackish, surrounded
with yellowish-white. Bill and feet dark. Length about 7 inches and 0 * 7 5 . Wing
3 * 2 5 . Tail 4 inches. Gape 0 - 8 8 . Tarsus 0 - 7 5 . I t is said to he rare in Arracan.
I t differs from P. finlaysoni in wanting the yellow stripe on the throat, with yellowish
colour of the crown and in having its tail feathers more graduated»”