On a }iew Genus and Species of BuIhuL 357 



Skull, as compared to that of S. cumanicus, smaller and 

 more delicate ; muzzle narrower anteriorly ; frontal processes 

 of premaxilljB terminating about one tenth of an inch in front 

 of the end of the nasals ; palatal foramina narrower; bullfe 

 larger in proportion, especially anteriorly. Incisors with the 

 same deep simple notch in front as in S. cumanicus. 



Dimensions of the type (taken by the collector in the 

 flesh) : — 



Head and body 355 millim. ; tail 27; hind foot 70 

 (c. u. 75) ; ear from notch 55. 



Skull : greatest length 70 ; basilar length 55 ; greatest 

 breadth 34; nasals 31*2x13-5; interorbital breadth IG'G ; 

 intertemporal breadth 13-8; palatal foramina 19'5x6'2; 

 length of upper tooth-row (alveoli) 1-i. 



Hah. Maipures, Upper Orinoco. 



Type. Female. B.M. no. 99. 9. 11. 49. Collected 22nd 

 January, 1899, by Geo. K. and Stella M. Cherrie. Two 

 specimens examined. 



This species is more or less intermediate in size, as in 

 geographical position, between the comparatively large 

 S. cumanicus (and its ally S. Margaritce, Miller) and the little 

 S. hrasiliensis. 



XLIX. — On a new Genus and Species of Bulbul and an 

 apparently new Species of Cyornis. By Col. C. T. 

 Bingham, F.Z.S. 



During a recent two months' tour in the Southern Shan 

 States, Upper Burma, I had opportunities for making a small 

 collection of the birds frequenting the high plateau-lands in 

 tliose States. I was fortunate also in being able to spend 

 three or four days on Loi-San-Pa, a mountain nearly 8000 feet 

 in height, situated in the Mong Kong State. 



Among the birds procured, I find after careful comparison 

 with published descriptions and witji the series of birds con- 

 tained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, that the following 

 species, descriptions of which are given below, have appa- 

 rently not been previously described. One of these birds is a 

 Bulbul closely resembling in habits the species belonging to 

 the genus Hypsipetes, Vigors, but differing so markedly from 

 them in certain points of structure and in colour, and also 

 from all known Bulbuls, that I have no hesitation in proposing 

 a new genus for its reception. 



