258 CBATEROPODID^E. 



267. Tricholestes criniger. The Hairy -backed Bulbul. 



Bracliypodius (?) criniger. A. Hay, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 577 



(1845). 



Setornis (?) criniger (A. Hay}, Blyth, Cat. p. 212. 

 Trichophorus minutus, Hartf. Journ.f. Orn. 1853, p. 156. 

 Tricholestes criniger (Hay), Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, p. 304 ; Ttoeedd. 



Ibis, 1877, p. 306 ; Hume, Cat. no. 451 sex j Sharpe, Cat. B. M. 



vi, p. 89 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 186. 



Fig. 81. Head andfback of T. criniger. 



Coloration. Forehead and crown olive-brown ; hind neck, back, 

 and rump dull olive-green ; wing-coverts browner ; quills brown, 

 the tertiaries and the outer webs of the others rufescent; tail 

 rufescent, the outer webs edged with greenish and the outer 

 feathers tipped whitish ; lores yellow ; sides of the head yellow, 

 the tips of the feathers dusky ; chin and throat whitish ; lower 

 plumage yellow, the breast and sides of the body washed with 

 ashy ; under tail- and wing-coverts yellow. 



Legs and feet pale bluish or pinkish brown or salmon-fleshy ; 

 claws pale plumbeous blue ; lower mandible and edge of the upper 

 pale plumbeous ; ridge of culm en and tip of the upper mandible 

 black ; rest of upper mandible dark plumbeous, sometimes horny- 

 brown ; iris pale umber or snuffy brown to dark brown (Hume $ 

 Davison). 



Length nearly 7 ; tail 3 ; wing 3-1 ; tarsus *6 ; bill from gape -8. 



Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim. The range 

 extends down the Malay peninsula to the islands of Sumatra, Java, 

 and Borneo. 



Habits, fyc. This bird frequents brushwood in small parties, hunt- 

 ing the branches and leaves for insects, which appear to be its 

 principal food. Davison remarks that this Bulbul is very tame 

 and easily approached, but that its plumage is always in bad con- 

 dition, rendering the preparation of a good specimen a matter of 

 difficulty. 



