16. X£xocicnLA. 99 



Ci-inig-er tephi-olsemus, Grai/, Hand-I. B. i. p. 273, no. 4012 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. 8. 1871, p. (315 ; Evichen. J.f. O. 1875, p. 49. 



Adult (type of species). Genernl colour above olive-green of a 

 slightly yellowish cast : wing-coverts like the back, the quills dark 

 brown, externally olivc-grcen like the back, the secondaries almost 

 entirely olive-green ; tail-feathers olive-green, rather browner on 

 the inner web, the outer ones with a narrow edging of yellow at 

 the tip of the inner web ; head and hind neck, sides of face, throat, 

 and fore neck clear slaty grey, a little lighter on the throat, the 

 lores being greyish white ; remainder of under surface of body olive- 

 yellow, greener on the sides of the body, the under tail-coverts 

 rather clearer yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow ; 

 quills dusky brown below, yellowish buff along the inner web. 

 Total length 7"3 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-35, tail 3-1, tarsus 

 0-9. 



The Ashy-throated Bulbul is only known from the Cameroons 

 Mountains in Western Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains, 7000 feet. Major R. Burton [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



6. Xenocichla simplex. 



Trichophorus simplex, HaHl. J. f. O. 1855, iii. p. 356 (ex Te7mn.} ; 



id. Oni. W.-Afr. p. 83: Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 44; 



Heine, J.f. O. 1800, p. 138; Hmil. J.f. O. 1861, p. 163. 

 Criniger simplex, Finsch, J.f. O. 18G7, p. 28; Gray, Hand-I. B. i. 



p. 273, no. 4006; Sharjie, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22; Reichen. J.f. O. 



1875. p. 35 ; Shnrj)f ^- Boiivier, Bid/. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 44 ; 



Reichm. J.f. O. 1877, p. 25 : Mcho/son, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 129. 

 Criniger palpebrosus, Finsch, J.f. O. 1867, p. 28 (e.v Hevgl. MS.). 

 Andropadus (Criniger) marchei, Oustalet, Nouv. Arch, du Mtis. (2) 



ii. Bull. 1879, p. lOl (type examined). 

 Andropadus marchei, Reichen. ^- Schalow, J.f. 0. 1879, p. 432. 



Adult. General colour above dark brown, slightly olive; wings 

 brown like the back, washed with olive on the coverts ; tail-feathers 

 brown, shaded with olive on the edges, the outer feathers edged 

 with white at the tips of the inner webs ; lores blackish, above and 

 below the eye a small white line, confined to the eyelid ; ear- 

 coverts dusky brown, with minute shaft-lines of whitish ; cheeks 

 and throat white ; rest of under surface of body pale brown, the 

 sides of the breast didl olivaceous : centre of the abdomen yellowish 

 white, deepening into brownish white on the under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries fawn-colour ; quills dull brown, 

 reddish along the inner web ; " bill black ; feet leaden gi-ey ; iris 

 chestnut-brown " (Reichenoir). Total length 7'7 inches, culmen 0*8, 

 wing 3-9o, tail 3"75, tarsus 0"95. 



ilarche's Bulbul inhabits the forests of "Western Africa, from the 

 Gold Coast to the Congo. 



«. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Consro. MM. Lucan & Petit [C.].. 



b. Ad. sk. (Jaboou (R. B^X. Wallier). II. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Gaboon {UuChaillu). K. B. Shaipe. Esq. 



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