84 TIMEL1IDJ5, 



olive-brown margins ; wings brown, the feathers edged with olive- 

 brown like the back, paler towards the ends of the primaries ; head 

 clearer brown than the back, and varied with narrow shaft-lines of 

 dnll whity brown ; lores pale j'cUowish, washed with olive-green ; 

 ear-coverts olive-brown, with narrow shaft-lines of yellowish white 

 cheeks and throat pale yellow, streaked witli white centres to the 

 feathers, this appearance extending to the fore neck, which is 

 slightly brighter yellow ; centre of abdomen pale yellow ; breast 

 and sides of the body olive-brown ; nnder tail-coverts slightly more 

 ochraceons yellow; nnder wing-coverts and axiUaries bright yellow; 

 quills dnslvy brown, edged with yellow along the inner web. Total 

 length 7 inches, cnlmen 0-8, wing 3-4, tail 3, tarsns 0-8. (Mtis. 

 11. G. Wardlaw Rammy.) 



Adult female. Does not differ from the male in colour ; "bill dark 

 dusky grey, the mandible whitish ; legs and claws pale brown ; 

 iris lemon-yellow " {A. Eoerett). Total length 6-7 inches, culnien 

 0'75, wing 3-2.5, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-7. {Mas. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



Obs. This species is very closely allied to C. Jinschi of Borneo, 

 but differs in having minute pale shaft-lines on the head and ear- 

 coverts. 



Lord Tweeddale's Bnlbul is only known from the island of 

 Palawan, in the Philippine ai'chipelago. 



a. Ad. sk. Puerto Princesa, Palawan Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay. 

 {A. Everett). 



17. Criniger finschi. (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Criniger fiuschii, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, vi. p. 128; id. Ucc. 



Born. p. 209. 

 Criniger theoides, Hume, Str. F. 1876, p. 214 ; id. Str. F. 1879, 



p. 61. 



Adult male. General colour above dusky olive-brown, a little 

 greener on the lower back and rump : upper tail- coverts slightly 

 more ruddy brown ; tail-feathers brown, edged narrowly with olive ; 

 wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with the same colour as the 

 back, a little blighter on the margins of the primaries ; feathers of 

 the head with faintly indicated paler tips, producing a slightly scaled 

 appearance ; lores and sides of the face dusky olive-greenish, the 

 cheeks washed with paler yellow ; throat, centre of breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts pale yellow, the sides of the body, breast, and 

 fore neck olive-greenish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale 

 yellow ; quills dark brown below, yellowish along the inner web ; 

 "bill and feet dusky, iris brown" {Wcdlace, MS.). Total length 

 6-8 inches, culmen 075, wing 3-25, tail 2-95, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 6-2 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-25, tail 2-G, tarsus 0-65. 



Dr. Finsch's Bulbul is found in the Malayan peninsula and 

 Borneo. 



«. c? ad. sk. Mount Ophir, Malacca. A. R. Wallace, E>q. [C.]. 



