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Genus ALOPHOIXUS, n. gen. 



Tlie bird for which I propose the above generic designation has 

 hitherto been placed with Griniyer. It differs from that genus in 

 entirety wanting a crest, a character of sufficient importance, in 

 my estimation, to warrant its separation from Criniyer, in which 

 genus the crest is remarkably long and conspicuous. 



268. Alophoixus phaeocephalus. The G restless White-throated 



Bulbul. 



Ixos pliEeocepkalus, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 401. 



Crinigei- gularis (Horsf.), apud Blytli, Cat. p. 208. 



Criniger canton, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 279 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 



p. 410. 

 Criniger phaeocephalus (Hartl.}, Wald. Ibis, 1871, p. 169, pi. vi, 



fig. 2 ; Hume Dav. S. F. vi, p. 302 ; Hume, Cat. no. 451 quat. ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 74 ; Gates, B. B. i, p. 183. 



Coloration. Crown of head and the nape blackish, each feather 

 edged with bluish grey ; lores whitish ; sides of the head and neck 

 and a narrow half-collar on the hind neck ashy grey, darker poste- 

 riorly : chin and throat white; remaining lo\ver plumage bright 

 yellow washed with olive on the sides of the body ; under wing- 

 coverts yellow ; back, rump, and upper wing-coverts olive-green, 

 the lateral feathers of the rump washed with yellow at the tips ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail rufous-brown ; wings dark brown, the 

 outer webs rufescent. 



The legs, feet, and claws vary from fleshy white (sometimes with 

 a pinkish tinge) to fleshy yellow ; the upper mandible from dark 

 plumbeous to dark horny-brown ; lower mandible and edges of 

 upper mandible pale plumbeous ; irides snuff-brown, burnt sienna- 

 brown, or reddish brown (Hume $ Davison). 



Length rather more than 8 ; tail 3*5 ; wing 3*6 ; tarsus *8 ; bill 

 from gape 1. 



Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim, where this 

 Bulbul appears to be common. It extends down the Malay penin- 

 sula to Sumatra and Borneo. 



Habits, 6fc. Davison remarks that he has always found this bird 

 in pairs or singly in thick forest and thin jungle, but never in clear- 

 ings or gardens. Its note differs much from that of the other 

 Bulbuls, but is of the same character. 



Genus HYPSIPETES, Vigors, 1831. 



The genus Hypsipetes contains three Indian Bulbuls, which are 

 characterized by grey or dark-brown plumage, red bills, and forked 

 tails. The bill is slender, and about as long as the head, which is 

 furnished with a crest of pointed feathers. The rictal bristles are 

 very short, not exceeding a third of the length of the culmen. The 



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