11. ClilNlCEE. 83 



Trichophorus tricolor, Cass. IV. PhUud. Acad. 1857, p. 33; Ilurtl. 



Orn. W.-Afr. p. 265 ; id. J.f. O. 18(^,1, p. 104. 

 Xenocichla tricolor, Cass. I'r. Phihtd. Acad. 1859, p. 45; Heine, J.f. O. 



1860, p. 139. 

 Criniger tricolor, Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 25 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, 



p. 382 ; Grai/, Iland-1. B. i'. p. 273, no. 4005 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 21 ; id. B. Z. *'. 1871, p. (i08 ; lieichm. J.f. O. 1875, p. 49. 

 Criniger icterinus, G7-a>/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 273, no. 4008. 



Adult. General colour above olive-green, a little darker on the 

 head, the least and median wing-coverts like the back ; the greater 

 coverts and the secondaries reddish brown, narrowly edged with 

 olive-green ; primaries dark In'own, margined externallj- with olive- 

 yellowdsh ; tail-feathers rufous-brown, obscurely edged with olive ; 

 lores dull yellowish ; ear-coverts olive-green, with narrow shaft- 

 lines of yellow ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body light 

 yellow, shaded with olive-green on the breast ; the sides of the 

 body and thighs olive-grecji ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellow ; quills brown below, yellowish along the inner webs, in- 

 clining to fawn-colour on the secondaries ; bill blackish horn- 

 colour, whitish horn-colour along the edge of the upper mandible, 

 the lower one whitish horn, darker at base ; feet light brown. 

 Total length (r2 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2-9, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-75. 



The Yellow-breasted Bulbul is found in "West Africa, from the 

 Gold Coast to the Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains, Jan. 18, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1871 (A. Crosslei/). 



c. d. Ad. sk. Gaboon (DuChaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. Ad. sk. Muni River. Gaboon.^ P. B. DuCbaillu, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 f. Ad. .sk. West Africa. Capt. Sabine [P.]. 



15. Criniger cabanisi. 



Trichophorus flaveolus, Cahanis, Orn. Ctntralhl. 1880, p. 174 {ncc 

 Ootdd). 



A large subspecies of C. tricolor, Cass, {icteo-inus, Bp.), from which 

 it differs in the colour of the underparts, which are paler and lighter 

 yellow; besides the dift'erence of colour the latter is remarkably 

 smaller in its dimensions. {Cahanis.) 



The Angola Yellow-breasted Bulbul replaces the foregoing species 

 in Angola. I have never seen a specimen, and have transcribed the 

 original description of Dr. Cabanis. 



IG. Criniger palawanensis. (Plate TI. fig. 2.) 



Criniger palawanensis, Ticecdd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 618. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dull olive- 

 brown, the upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers umbcr-brown, with 



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