. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 118 TIMELnD^. Phyllostreplius fulviventris, Cab. J. f. O. 1870, p. 92; Rckhen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 26; Sharpe c*j- Bouvier, Bull. Hoc. Zool. France, i. p. 44; Bocage, Oni. Angola, p. 248. Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, the head darker brown; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills brown, edged with olive, the secondaries exter- nally browner ; rump a little lighter olive than the back; upper tail-coverts light fawn-brown ; tail-feathers rufous-brown ; lores and a faintly indicated eyebrow, as well
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 118 TIMELnD^. Phyllostreplius fulviventris, Cab. J. f. O. 1870, p. 92; Rckhen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 26; Sharpe c*j- Bouvier, Bull. Hoc. Zool. France, i. p. 44; Bocage, Oni. Angola, p. 248. Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, the head darker brown; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts and quills brown, edged with olive, the secondaries exter- nally browner ; rump a little lighter olive than the back; upper tail-coverts light fawn-brown ; tail-feathers rufous-brown ; lores and a faintly indicated eyebrow, as well as a ring of feathers round the eye, yellowish white; ear-coverts pale brown, washed with olive ; cheeks and throat dull white, washed with yellowish olive; rest of under surface very pale yellow, the sides of the body olive-brown, as also the thighs and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale yeUow; quills dusky brown below, pale yellowish along the inner web; " bill light reddish brown; feet blackish brown; iris clear brown" [Fitll-enstein). Total length 7"S inches, culnien 0*8, wing 3'35, tail 3*6, tarsus 0'9. Obs. Dr. Falkenstein found the feet " flesh-coloured " in a male bird. The Buff-bellied Bristle-necked Bulbul is an inhabitant of West Africa, from the Congo district to Beuguela. a. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo. Messrs. Lucau and Petit [C.]. b. 5 ad. sk. Biballa [Anchieta). R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 4. Phyllostrophus fischeri. Criniger fischeri, Reichen. Orn. CentralU. 1879, p. 139; Fischer ^ Reichen. O. 1879, p. 348; Reichen. ^- Schaloa; t. c. p. 319. Adult. Upper surface olive-green ; throat and middle of the belly yellowish white ; breast and flanks olivaceous; under tail-coverts isabelline ; tail-feathers rufous ; bill dusky : feet lead-colour ; iris white. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 3-1, tail 4-55, tarsus 0*9. Fischer's Bristle-necked Bulbul is only known from the Zanzibar district in Eastern Africa. 20. IXONOTXJS. Ixon
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