274 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



plumage. Like Criniger riificrissus, this Bulbul has a pecu- 

 liar appearance at a distance. It sits with its fluffy throat- 

 feathers puffed out^ so much so that my meu often thought 

 the bird had a lump of wool in its bill for nesting-purposes, 

 and spared the bii-d in the hopes of finding its nest.] 



95. HeMIXUS MALACCENSIS. 



Hemixus malaccensis (Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 53 

 (1881) ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 797. 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 202 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 256. 

 a. S ad. Sandakan, April 25, 1885. 



[Legs and bill dark brown ; iris dark reddish brown.] 



96. MiCROPUS MELANOLEUCUS. 



Micropus melanoleucus (Eyton) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 69. 



Microtarsus melanoleucus, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 202. 



Ixus melanoleucus, Briiggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 458 

 (1877). 

 a. 6 ' Lawas River, April 2, 1886. 



[Iris, bill, and feet black.] 



97. Micropus melanocephalus. 



Micropus melanocephalus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 65 ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 797. 



Brachypodius melanocephalus, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 201. 



Brachypodius immaculatus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 39, 1877, 

 p. 14. 



a. $ ad. Kina Balu, March 25, 1887. 



b. 6 ad. Kina Balu, April 2, 1887. 



98. Criniger pHjEOCephalus. 



Criniger phceocephalus (Hartl.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 207 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877 p. 14 ; id. Cat. B. vi. p. 74 (1881) ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 797. 

 a. 6 ad. Benkoka, Nov. 5, 1885. 



99. Criniger ruficrissus. 



Criniger ruficrissus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 248 ; id. Cat. 

 B. vi. p. 81 (1881). 



