86 TIMELIID.E. 



brighter on the chin and abdomen, the lower throat and breast with 

 indistinct yellow shaft-lines ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 golden yellow, washed with olive near the edge of the'wiug; quills 

 dusky brown below, yellowish along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 9-5 inches, culmon 1, wing 4-25, tail 3-8, tarsus 

 0-75. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 9 inches, culmen 1, wing 3-9, tail 35, tarsus 0-75. 



The Bouru Bulbul is confined to the island of Bourn. 



fl, 6. (^ 2 ad. sk. Bouru. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk. Bouru. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



20. Criniger affinis. 



Criniger affinis, Homhr. et Jttcq. Ann. Sci. Nat. (2) xvi. p. 313 ; 

 Graj/, Gen. B. i. p. 2.30; Finsch, J.f. O. 18(37, p. 35; Graij, 

 Hancl-l. £. i. p. 274, no. 4018 ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genov. 

 xvi. p. 183 (1880). 



Criuon analogue, Homhr. et Jacq. Votj. Pole Sucl, Atlas, pi. 15. 



fig. 1. 

 Triehophorus fiavicaudus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 202; Finsch, Nni- Guinea, 



p. 108. 

 Triehophorus affinis, Jacq. ct Fticher. Toy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 80. 

 Triehophorus sulphuraceus, Temm. in Mas. Lmjd. ; Licht. Numencl. 



p. 28. 



AchiJt male. General colour above yellowish green, the upper 

 taU- coverts tipped with yellow, forming a bar across the base of the 

 tail ; tail yellowish green, the feathers all broadly tipped with 

 yellow, which colour also occupies the greater part of the inner web, 

 increasing in extent towards the outermost feather, so that the fail 

 appears almost entirely yellow when seen from below ; wing-coverts 

 like the back, with slight yellow tips to the median and greater 

 series ; quills brown, externally yellowish green, with a narrow 

 edging of olive-yellow on the quills and greater coverts ; lores pale 

 yellow ; sides of face and cheeks dull olive-greenish ; throat pale 

 yellow ; remainder of under surface bright yellow, the sides of the 

 neck and breast olive-greenish, which extends along the flanks; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries bright yellow; quills brown, 

 edged with yellow along the inner web. Total length 9-5 inches, 

 culmen 1-15, wing 4-3, tail 3-0, tarsus 0-8. 



Acl alt female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 

 8-8 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-L5, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-75. 



Hombron's Bulbul is an inhabitant of Ceram and Amboina. 



a. Ad. sk. Amboina. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Ceram. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



c. 2 ^^- ^^' Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



d. <S ad. sk. N. Ceram. A. R. W'allace, Esq. [C:]. 



