b2 TIMELlIUiE. 



Tlie I\o(l-vciitcd White-throated 15ulbul was recently discovered 

 oil Kiiiii-Jiahi Mountain, in North-western Borneo. 



Obs. This species is not very distinct from C. gutturalis ; but 

 differs in its mucli darker cokiration, especially on the under surface, 

 which is dull olivaceous, with a white throat and chestnut-red under 

 tail-coverts. There is an entire absence of the pale brown colour of 

 the breast washed witli yellow, and of the light yellow abdomen 

 and pale fawn-coloured under tail-coverts. The crest is very long 

 in V. ritjicrissus, and extends nearly to the mantle. 



13. Criniger barbatus. 



Trichoplionis barbatus, Temm. PL Col. iii. pi. 82; Schinz, Vor/. Ahbild. 



Taf. 28 ; Less. Compl. Bnf. vi. p. 1)8 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 236 ; 



Bp. Consj). i. p. 202 ; Ilarfl Orn. W.-Afr. p. 82. 

 Trichas barbata, Glower in Fruriep's Notiz. 1827, p. 278 ; Cab. Arch, f 



Nuturg. 1847, p. 349. 

 Trichophorus strigilatus, Swains. B. IF. Aft: i. p. 267. 

 Trichophorus cinerascens, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 293 ; id. J. f. 0. 



1861, p. 165. 

 Criniger barbatus, Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 21 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 274, no. 4024 ; 8har27c, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22. 

 Criniger cinerascens, Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 32. 



Adult. General colour above yellowish olive-green, shaded on 

 the head and mantle with grey, the feathers having grey ends ; 

 wing-coverts like the back, the quills dark brown, externally olive- 

 yellow, the secondaries nearly entirely of the latter colour ; tail- 

 feathers reddish brown, with somewhat of a. golden-brown lustre, 

 the feathers externally washed with yellowish olive ; lores and a 

 faint superciliary line dusky grey ; cheeks and ear-coverts dusky 

 olivaceous, with very distinct yellowish-white shaft-streaks ; throat 

 bright yellow ; remainder of the under surface of body dull oliva- 

 ceous, the fore neck and breast more greyish, the feathers having 

 greyish endings and greyish-white shaft-lines ; under tail-coverts 

 yellowish buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish buff ; 

 under surface of quills dusky brown, yellowish buff along the edge of 

 the inner web. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 0'95, wing 4'25, 

 tail 4, tarsus 0-9. - 



The Yellow-bearded Bulbul is an inhabitant of the forests of 

 West Africa, from the Gambia to the Gold Coast. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Fantee {Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq, 



c. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



(Type of Trichophorus cinerascens.) 



14. Criniger tricolor *. 



Trichophorus icterinus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 202 (ex Tenun. MS. in Mtts. 

 Lvyd.) ; Ilurtl. Oni. W.-Afr. p. 83. 



* Tins species is called tricolor on account of the similarity of two nameB 

 occurring in the genus trhiigir, viz. C. icterinus, Bp., and C. ictcriciis, Strictl. 



