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forwards, in the most uproarious fashion. They never seem to 

 rest, except when now and then one stops and begins to try and 

 sing, gets through a feeble three note twee, twee, twee, and then, 

 as if disgusted with his own imbecile performance, starts off 

 chattering harder than before. This species never descends to 

 the ground. It feeds chiefly on small berries of various sorts, 

 varying, like the rest, its diet occasionally with insects and 

 nectar, but they are not nearly so greedy after this latter as are 

 the Bypsipetes. — W. D.] 



451 ter.— Criniger ochraceus, Moore. (40). ? C. gut- 

 turalis, MulL 



Mergui ; Tenasserim Town ; Pakchan ; Palaw-ton-ton j Bankasoon j Male- 

 woon. 



Confined to the evergreen forests of the southernmost dis- 

 trict of the province, but extremely common there. 



[This is eminently a forest Bulbul, never that I am aware 

 of coming into gardens or clearings. In its habits and voice 

 it resembles griseiceps, and is quite as noisy as that bird, if not 

 more so, and like it goes about in small parties, though I have 

 occasionally seen it in pairs or singly. This bird also never,- 1 

 believe, descends to the ground. — W. D.] 



This species varies a great deal in size according to sex, and 

 in the same sex even. In the males the wings vary from 375 to 

 4-25, and in the females from 3'6 to 4-05, so that between the 

 smallest females and the largest males there is a very great 

 difference in size. There is a considerable difference also in 

 coloration of specimens, large and small ; in some the lower 

 surface is very much more ochraceous, and the upper surface 

 more olivaceous, while in others the lower surface is much 

 paler, and except the lower tail-coverts scarcely ochraceous at 

 all. I cannot say whether this is really identical with qutturalis 

 of Muller. 



The following are dimensions, &c, recorded in the flesh : — 



Males.— Length, 8*25 to 9"25 ; expanse, 11 62 to 13-5 ; tail 

 from vent, 35 to 4-25 ; wing, 375 to 4'25 ; tarsus, 07 to 075 ; 

 bill from gape, TO to 11 ; weight, 1*4 to 175 oz. 



Females.— Length, 875 to 9*5 ; expanse, 1175 to 1325 ; tail 

 from vent, 375 to 4-0 ; wing, 3'6 to 4*05 ; tarsus, 075 ; bill 

 from gape, 1*0 ; weight, 1'5 oz. 



The legs and feet are light pinkish brown ; upper mandible 

 dark horny brown ; lower mandible plumbeous ; irides wood 

 brown. 



Lores, feathers round and below the eye, very pale greyish 

 brown or greyish white; ear-coverts pale brown, striated paler ; 

 chin and throat pure white ; breast, sides and flanks a rather pale 



