. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 152 ;. 30. Pycnonotus plumosus. Pvcnonotiis plumosus, Bhjth, J. A. S. Benr/. xiv. p. 567; id. Cat. B. 'Mus. As. Soc. J). IllO; Siilmd. Ucc. Born. p. 198; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 38; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339. Pycnonotus inoruatus, Bp. Cvnsp. i. p. 263; Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. â p. 270, no. 3950. Ixus plumosus, Bp. p. 206; Hume ^- Davis. Sir. F. 1878, p. 309; ILime, Str. F. 1879, pp. 62, 98. Pycnonotus simplex, Ilorsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. Co. i. p. 241. Ixus inornatus, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. Head of P//cnonofus plumosus. Adu
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 152 ;. 30. Pycnonotus plumosus. Pvcnonotiis plumosus, Bhjth, J. A. S. Benr/. xiv. p. 567; id. Cat. B. 'Mus. As. Soc. J). IllO; Siilmd. Ucc. Born. p. 198; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 38; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 339. Pycnonotus inoruatus, Bp. Cvnsp. i. p. 263; Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. â p. 270, no. 3950. Ixus plumosus, Bp. p. 206; Hume ^- Davis. Sir. F. 1878, p. 309; ILime, Str. F. 1879, pp. 62, 98. Pycnonotus simplex, Ilorsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. Co. i. p. 241. Ixus inornatus, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. Head of P//cnonofus plumosus. Adult male. General colour above dull brown, strongly shaded â witli olive, the head rather darker than the back ; lower baclv, rump, and upper tail-coverts slightlj' clearer brown ; wing-coverts darker brown than the back and more strongly shaded with olive-yellow; quills brown, externally olive-yellow ; tail-feathers light brown, shaded with olive and margined with olive-yellow; lores lighter brown ; ear-coverts brown, streaked with diill whitish shaft-lines; cheeks and under surface of body earthy brown, darker on the flanks, which are shaded with olive, the chest somewhat overshaded with ashy; the throat and centre of the abdomen paler and more whity brown ; thighs brown, shaded with olive ; under tail-coverts olivaceous ochre ; under wing-coverts brown, washed Avith yellowish olive, brighter on the edge of the wing; axillaries Avhity brown, slightly washed with olive ; quiUs brown below, dull whitish along the inner web ; " bill black; feet dusky ; iris red " ( Wallace, MS.). Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-2, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-8. Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage {A. 0. Hume). Mr. Hume also gives the measurements of a series as follows:â Length 7"C)2-8 inches, tail 3-3-35, wing 3-3-35, culmen 0-7-0-8, tarsus 0-6-0'8. The Large Olive Bulbul is an inhabitant of Siimatra and Borneo, ranging through the Malayan peninsula to the southern
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