256 CRATEROPODID^:. 



264. Criniger burmanicus. The Burmese White-throated 

 Bulbul. 



Criniger flaveolus, apud Blyth, Binh Bunn. p. 134. 



Criniger griseiceps, Hume, apud Wald. in Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 134 ; 



Hume, S. F. ii, p. 476 ; Hume # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 300 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 451 bis (part.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 77 (part.) ; Bine/ham, 



S. F. ix, p. 182 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 183 (part.) ; Salvadori, Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v. p. 596. 



Coloration. Resembles C. flaveolus. Differs in having the upper 

 part of the b east white like the throat, and the crown and crest 

 greyish brown, with the longer feathers of the latter (in good 

 specimens) tipped olive-green. 



Bill plumbeous white ; iris brown ; legs and feet fleshy brown 

 (Bine/ham) . 



Length about 9 ; tail 4 ; wing 4'2 ; tarsus *8 ; bill from gape 1*1. 



This species, which has long been confounded with C. yriseiceps, 

 is very distinct from it, and resembles the Himalayan bird, of 

 which many naturalists may only consider it a race. 



Distribution. Toungngoo ; the Karen hills ; Karennee ; Tenas- 

 serim, as far south as Meetan at the base of Muleyit mountain, 

 and throughout the Thoungyeen valley. It is doubtful whether it 

 is this species or C. flaveolus which occurs in Arrakan, as recorded 

 by Blyth. 



265. Criniger gutturalis. The Malayan White-throated 

 Bulbul. 



Trichophcrus gutturalis, S. Mull., Bonap. Consp. Av.i,ip. 262 (1850). 

 Criniger ochraceus, Moore in Hursf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 252 (1854) ; 



Blyth $ Wald. Birds Burm. p. 134; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, 



pp. 301, 515. 

 Criniger gutturalis (S. Mull.), Hume, Cat. no. 451 ter ; Bingham, 



S. F. ix, p. 182; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 80; Oates, B. B. i. 



p. 185. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumnge olive-brown with an ochra- 

 ceous tinge, rufescent on the head, crest, and upper tail-coverts ; tail 

 rufous -brown, tipped with a lighter shade of the same ; wings 

 brown, the outer webs rufescent ; lores and a ring round the eye 

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

 white ; lower plumage fulvous-brown or ochraceous yellowish on 

 the middle of the abdomen, and becoming buff on the under tail- 

 coverts. 



Legs and feet light pinkish brown; upper mandible dark horny 

 brown ; lower mandible plumbeous ; iris wood-brown (Hume fy 

 Dav i son). 



Length about 9 ; tail 4 ; wing 4 ; tarsus *7 ; bill from gape 1 . 



Specimens from, the southern part of the Malay peninsula have 

 the tail shorter, but do not otherwise differ from Tenasserim birds. 

 In Borneo and Sumatra the birds have a much larger bill, but 



