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The crown is deep ferruginous ; the chin, throat and sides of 

 the head deep black, forming a collar on the nape. Back, sca- 

 pulars, tertials, and covers next the body dark green ; the out- 

 ward greater covers dark greenish blue, the lesser covers and rump 

 bright glossy azui'e ; primaries black, the first and second with a 

 medial white spot on the inner web, the four next with a white 

 bar crossing both webs ; secondaries black, broadly margined ex- 

 ternally with greenish blue towards then* extremities. Upper tail- 

 covers black, concealed by the blue feathers of the rump ; tail 

 black, tipped with greenish blue. Breast, upper belly and sides 

 pale sea-gi'cen with azure reflections ; abdomen, vent and lower 

 tail-covers crimson. Beak fuscous, legs and claws pale. 



Total length 7 inches ; beak to gape 1 inch, to front 9 Hues ; 

 wing 4 inches 2 lines ; medial rectrices 1 inch 6 lines, external 

 1 inch 4 lines ; tarsus 1 inch 4 lines. 



TURDIDtE, PYCNONOTINiE. 



Criniger ? iCTERicus, Strickl. 



C. corpora supra olivaceo-viridi, remigibus fuscis, extus ferrugineo- 

 flavido, intus strammeo-marginatis, rectricibus olivaceo-viridibus, 

 intus stramineo-marginatis, loris, superciliis, genis, corporeque 

 toto inferno leete flavis, rostro pedibusque cinerascentibus. 



This bird differs from the type of Pycnonotus only in the beak 

 and rictal bristles being somewhat longer. As it possesses nuchal 

 bristles I refer it for the present to Criniger, Temm., though that 

 character is common to most of the true Pycnonoti. In fact, 

 there seems no very good ground for separating these two genera 

 at all. The present bird resembles Brisson^s description of his 

 Merula olivacea indica (Turdus inchcus, Gmel.), but its dimensions 

 are considerably less. I believe it to have been brought from 

 the East Indies, but do not know the precise habitat. 



Upper parts olive-green j quills fuscous, margined externally 

 with ferruginous yellow and internally \nth. straw-coloui', as are 

 the rectrices. Lores, circuit of eye, and whole lower parts bright 

 yellow, with a slight olive tinge on the breast. Beak and legs 

 cinereous. 



Total length 7 inches ; beak to gape 9~ lines, to front 7^ ; 

 rictal bristles i an inch; wings 3^^ inches; medial and lateral 

 rectrices 3| inches ; tarsus 8 lines. 



Pycnonotus Finlaysoni, Strickl. 



Brachypus Finlaysoni, Horsf. MSS. 

 P. fronte, genis guttureque flavis (plumarum scapis flavissimis); pileo 

 olivascente-cinereo ; loris nigris, dorso, alls, caudaque obscure oli- 

 vaceis, remigibus rectricibusque extus olivaceo-flavescentibus, rec- 

 tricibus lateralibus strictissime flavido terminatis ; pectore et ab- 



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