362 PTCNONOTIDjE. 



The earliest name for any i'orm of Criniger is tephroyenys of 

 Jardine and Selby and the description undoubtedly applies to 

 one of the southern forms, though no locality is given. In the 

 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society I designated the 

 type-locality as South Tenasseritn (vol. xxvii, p. 466, 1921). 



The female is a good deal smaller than the male. 



Key to Subspecies. 



A. Lower plumage j'ellow. 



a. Chin and upper throat white ; crest [p. 363_ 



greenish yellow C. tephroyenys faiveolus, 



b. Chin, throat and upper breast white ; 



crest greyish C. t. burmanicus, p. 364. 



B. Lower plumage darker and more ochra- 



ceous. 



c. Wing under 105 mm. 



a'. Chin and throat wliite ; crest rufes- 



cent olive-brown C. t. tephrogenys, p. 362. 



V. Chin, throat and upper breast white; 



crest olive-grey C. t. yriseiceps, p. 365. 



d. Wing over 110 mm C. t. grandis, p. 365. 



(379) Criniger tephrogenys tephrogenys. 

 THE MALAYAN WHITE-IHKOATED BULBUL. 



Tricophorns tephrogenys Jard. & Selby, 111. Ind. Orn.,pl. xxvii (1833> 



(no locality) (Tenasserim). 

 Criniger gutturalis. Blauf. & Gates, i, p. 256. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Whole upper plumage olive-brown with an 

 ochraceous tinge, rufescent on the head, crest and upper tail- 

 coverts ; tail rufous-brown tipped paler ; wings brown, the outer 

 webs of the feathers rufescent ; lores and a ring round the eye 

 grevish ; ear-coverts brown with pale shafts ; chin and throat 

 white ; lower plumage fulvous-brown tinged with ochre and 

 ochraceous yellow on the centre of the abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts buff. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris wood-brown ; upper mandible dark 

 horny-brown, lower mandible plumbeous ; legs and feet pinkish 

 brown (flume Sf Davison). 



Measurements. Length about 230mm.; wing 96 io 102 mm.;, 

 tail about 100 mm.; tarsus 17'5 to 18'5 mm.; culmen about 

 18 mm. 



Distribution. The extreme South of Tenasserim and S.W. 

 Siam down the Malay Peninsula. The true gutturalis from 

 Borneo is a darker, browner bird below. 



Nidification. Nest and eggs sent me by Mr. W. A. T. Kellow, 

 from near Taiping, Federated Malay States, were all found in 

 March, April and May, some of these taken in the first month 



