. Birds. Birds. HEMixrs. 263 Balks, d/'c. Breeds from March to June, making a shallow cup- like nest of grass and leaves in trees at all heights up to about 60 feet from the ground. The eggs are usually only two in number, and resemble those of H. psaroides. Thej' measure 1"08 by •'75. Genus HEMIXUS, Hodgs., 1844. The genus Hemionis, of which is the type, contains five Indian species closely related to each other. It differs from Hypsipetes in having the tail square or slightly rounded, and its outer feathers straight. The crest consists of a great number of short but sharply-po
. Birds. Birds. HEMixrs. 263 Balks, d/'c. Breeds from March to June, making a shallow cup- like nest of grass and leaves in trees at all heights up to about 60 feet from the ground. The eggs are usually only two in number, and resemble those of H. psaroides. Thej' measure 1"08 by •'75. Genus HEMIXUS, Hodgs., 1844. The genus Hemionis, of which is the type, contains five Indian species closely related to each other. It differs from Hypsipetes in having the tail square or slightly rounded, and its outer feathers straight. The crest consists of a great number of short but sharply-pointed feathers. The nuchal hairs are short and indistinct, but the rictal bristles are strong. The wing is pointed, the secondaries falling short of the tip by a considerable distance. The birds of this genus do not habitually frequent forests and high trees like the Black Bulbuls, but they are found chiefly on the outskirts of forests and in secondary jungle. They are chiefly fruit- eaters. Key to the Species. a. Tail dark brown. a'. Whole upper plumage ashy , p. 263. 6'. Whole upper plumage brown H. davisoni, p. 264. e'. Head black, contrasting with the ashy back H. Mldebrandi, p. 264. h. Tail green. ^. Throat whitish; remainder of lower plu- mage pale rufous H. macolellandi, p. 265. e'. Throat and whole lower plumage more or less uniformly grey S. tickellt, p. 265. 272. Hemixus flavala. The Brown-eared Bulhul. Hemixus flavala, Hodgs. J. A. 8. B. xiv, p. 572 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 207; Horsf. f M. Cat. i, p. 250; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 80 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 133; J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 106, xlv, pt. ii, p. 78; Hume, ,'\l; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 667; Hume, Cat. no. 448; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 295; Sharps, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 49; Oates, B. B. i, p. 175; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 176. Nalli-pindi, Fig. 84.—Head of H. flavala. Coloration. Upper plumage with the small wing-coverts dark. Please note that these images are extracted fr
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