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6. Criniger flaveolus. 



Trichophorus flaveolus, Gould, P. Z. S. 18:36, p. 6 ; McClell. P. Z. .S 

 1839, p. lo8; Bh/th, J. A. S. Bmg. xi. p. 185 ; Gray, Cat.Mamm 

 i^-c. Nepal jves. Ilodys. p. 88; Up. Consp. i. p. 262. 



Lanixus xanthogaster, Hudys. Icoti. ined. Passeres in Brit. Mus. pi. 

 188. figs. 1, 2 (do. 346), pi. 189. fig. 1. 



Trichophorus xantliogaster, Hodcjs. in Grat/s Zool. Misc. p. 83. 



Criniger flaveolus, Bh/th, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 571 ; Gray, Gen. B. 

 i. p. 23G ; Bhjtli, Cat. B. 3Ius. As. Soc. p. 208 ; Horsf. ^- Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus'. E.I. Co. i. p. 252 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. '83; Finsch, 

 J. f. O. 1867, p. 16 ; Gra^/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 274, no. 4015 ; Hume, 

 Kest 4'- Eyr/s Ind. B. p. 283 ; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 98. 



Triclias flaveola, Cah. Arch. f. Natury. 1847, p. 249. 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-yellow, •with a slight 

 riiddj- tint on the upper tail-coverts ; least and median wing-coverts 

 like the back ; greater coverts and quills as well as the primary- 

 coverts brown, externally edged with olive-j'ellow, paler towards the 

 ends of the primaries, the inner secondaries olive-brown with a 

 narrow margin of duU olive-yellow ; tail-feathers ruddy brown, 

 edged with olive towards the base of the feathers ; head olive-brown, 

 the feathers long and forming a conspicuoiis crest, all of them 

 margined with olive-yellow ; lores greyish white ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of crown dark ashy grey, with narrow whitish shaft-lines; 

 cheeks and throat white, the former slightly overshaded with grey ; 

 remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, slightly tinged 

 with olive on the flanks; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow; 

 quills dusky brown below, pale fawn-colour along the inner web ; 

 " bill light plumbeous ; legs pale fleshy yellow ; iris brown-red " 

 (Jerdo)i). Total length S inches, cuLmen 0"8, wing 3-95, tail 3-65, 

 tarsus 0*8. 



The Whitfi-throated Bulbul inhabits the Himalayas from a height 

 of from 2000 to 5000 feet, and extends to the hills of Assam, Sylhet, 

 Arakan, and the Khasias. 



a. Ad. sk. Cachar (Constable). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. fP.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.I. 



(Type of Trichophorus xanthoyaster?) 



f. Ad. sk. Nepal (B. II. Ilodyson). India Museum. 



g. Ad. sk. Dai'jiUug. India Museum. 

 /(. Ad. sk. Bootan {Pemhcrton). India Museum. 

 i, k. Ad. sk. Assam (McClelland). India Museum. 



7. Criniger griseiceps. 



Criniger flaveolus (nee Hodys.), Blyth, B. Burm. p. 134, 

 Criniger griseiceps, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 478, 1874, p. 470; 

 Walden, B. Burm. p. 134 ; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 124 ; Hume ^ 

 Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 300 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 98. 



Adult male. General colour above dull olive-yellow, the wing- 

 coverts brown, externally like the back; quills duU brown, externally 



