82 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This bird is exceedingly abundant about Darjceling, and is 

 most common from 7,000 feet and upwards. It in general keeps to 

 the tops of high trees, going in small parties, and having a loud 

 mellow warble, which it is continually repeating, both Avhen 

 feeding and on the wing. It feeds chiefly on fruit, sometimes on 

 insects. This bird, like Heniiocos Jlavala, has also aflTmities for 

 Hypsipdes, shewn, as well in the structure, as in its habits of 

 ilying higli, and the frequent repetition of its call. 



Gen. Criniger, Temm. 



Syn. Tricoplionis, Temm. — Alcurzis, pais, Hodgson. 



Char. — Bill of moderate length, strong and deep ; the culmen 

 well curved ; rictal bristles distinct, long ; tail nearly even, with 

 the outermost feathers distinctly shorter. Head more or less 

 crested. 



Tlie first species noticed has the bill somewhat less strong than 

 the second and more typical one, and has been placed under 

 Hemixos, but its colours and general characters are more those 

 of the present genus. 



450. Criniger ictericus, Stricland. 



Ann. Nat. Hist., XIII.— Blyth, Cat. 1255— Horsf., Cat. 379— 

 Tricophorus Indicus, Jerdon, Cat. 75. 



The Yellow-browed Bulbul. 



Descr. — Plumage above bright olive-green ; superciliary streak 

 extending to the forehead, and the whole plumage beneath, bright 

 yellow ; quills dusky on their inner webs ; the shafts of tlie tail 

 feathers beneath yellow. 



Bill black ; legs dark plumbeous ; irides blood-red. Length 

 8 inches; wing Sy^ ; tail 3| ; bill at front j^^ ; tarsus y^^. 



This species has only been found in the IMalabar forests and 

 Ceylon. It prefers mountainous regions, at from 3,000 to 5,000 

 feet of elevation, being very abundant on the slopes of the 

 Xeilgherries at that elevation ; but it is also found occasionally 

 down to a few hundred feet above the sea level. It lives in 

 small ilocks, flying from tree to tree, and keeping up a continual 

 and pleasing mellow bulbul-likc warble. I have chiefly found 



