252 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Hainan. 



pal and Bootan, having a similar form, with lanceolate coronal 

 feathers and longish Ixine bill^ but differing greatly from it 

 in coloration. 



Crown black, tinged with reddish-brown, strongly on the 

 forehead. Sides of face and all upper parts, including sca- 

 pulars, light brownish-chestnut. Throat pure white , breast 

 and flanks brownish-grey ; belly and vent creamy-white ; axilla- 

 ries and inner edges of quills the same, the former tinged with 

 primrose-yellow. Wings and tail hair-brown ; the secondaries 

 and their coverts margined with greenish-yellow, and a few of 

 the primaries lightly edged .with same, rectrices more faintly 

 jK-A'-ftined for the greater part of their lengths with the same. 

 The-ni.'nediar'rc tail-coverts are of the same hue as the tail. Bill 

 black. Irides blood-chestnut. Legs and claws brown. 



Length about 8*25 ; wing 4*125 ; tail 4, of 12 feathers. 



At Tai-ping-sze (Central Hainan) I detected this new Bulbul 

 among the tops of the high trees of the forest. It was some- 

 what scarce, occurring two or three together, and crying in 

 short notes to one another as they went along. Near Lingmun, 

 further up the mountains, our party halted by a stream to 

 recover ourselves from the heat and toil of climbing. A tall 

 fig-tree stood near ; and to the top of this flew a Bulbul, and 

 kept repeating what I presume was its song. It might be sylla- 

 bled " to-to te-wee.'^ I shot it, and found it to be this species. 

 Its habits confirm the idea conveyed by its form, that it should 

 find a place between Hypsipetes and typical Ixus. 



~r 74. Criniger pallidus, sp. n. 



Similar in form to C.flaveolus (Gould) of the Himalayas (Jerd,, 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 82), and possessing like markings on the throat 

 and sides of face; but the Indian bird is much yellower on the 

 back, and has the lower parts rich yellow. 



Region of the eye and cheeks blackish-grey tinged with 

 olive. Long acuminate feathers of the crest dull reddish-olive. 

 Upper parts dull olive, rufescent on the wings, rump and tail, 

 which are similar in colour to the crest. Hidden, or inner, 

 parts of wing-feathers hair-brown. Throat greyish-white. Un- 

 der parts dull olive, with centre of belly dingy priuiroi^ic, more 



