CRINIGER. 365 



Colours of soft parts as in the last. 



Measurements. A rather larger bird than flaveolus ; wing 95 

 to 102 mm. 



Distribution. Hills East of the Salwin from Tamethiii to 

 Moulmein. 



Nidification. Nest and eggs sent me from near Moulmein are 

 quite indistinguishable from those of the last bird. They were 

 taken in March and May, the nests being placed in low bushes on 

 the outskirts of heavy forest. Nine eggs average 25' 1 x 18'4 mm. 



Habits. According to Gates this is more of a tree bird than 

 either of the two previous races. Davison also remarks that it 

 never descends to the ground as the Indian bird often does but 

 otherwise he describes it as being the same energetic, noisy bird 

 as that race is. Their song, he writes, is a feeble " twee, twee, 

 twee." 



(382) Criniger tephrogenys griseiceps. 

 HUME'S WHITE-THROATED BULBUL. 



Criniger griseiceps Hume, S. F., i, p. 478 (1873) (Upper Pegu) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 257. 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. This form is close to typical teplirogenys but has 

 the upper parts olive-grey rather than rufescent brown and the 

 upper breast, as well as the throat and chin, is white ; the rest of 

 the under parts are ochraceous as in that bird. 



Colours of soft parts as in the last. 



Measurements. A rather smaller bird than gutturatis, with a 

 wing between 90 and 98 mm., according to sex, and other 

 measurements in proportion. 



Distribution. Central West Burma, South to North Tenasserim. 



Nidification. Not recorded. 



Habits. Those of the genus. 



(383) Criniger tephrogenys grandis. 



THE YUNNAN WHITE-THROATED BULBUL. 



Criniger pallida grandis Stuart Baker, Bull. B. 0. C., xxxvii, p. 15 

 (1917) (Yunnan). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Upper parts olive-brown, the head browner ; 

 lower parts pale olive-yellow, the flanks olive-green and the 

 under tail-coverts buff; the yellow is deeper and more olive than 

 \npallida. Nearest to the Hainan form, 0. t. pallida but much 

 bigger, with a wing 114 to 119 mm. as against 100 to 115 in that 

 bird, according to Oustalet, or 98 to 105, according to the British 

 Museum series. 



