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it to have partaken of fruit ; but I dare say at times, insects are 

 captured. I first described this bird, considering that it might be 

 the Turdus indicus of the older authors. I am not aware what 

 species is now supposed to have been described under that name, 

 or whether it has been identified at all. This bird has the crest 

 only moderately developed, and the tail more even than the next bird. 

 The next species has the bill proportionally stronger, the crest more 

 developed, and the tail with the outer feathers distinctly shorter. 



451. Criniger flaveolus, Gould. 



Tricophorus, apud Gould, P. Z. S., 1836— Blyth, Cat. 1257.— 

 Horsf., Cat. 382 — Tr. xanthogaster, Hodgs. — Kussop eechiop-pho, 

 Lepch. 



The White-throated Bulbul. 



Descr. — Head crested, the feathers progressively lengthened, and 

 mixed with hairs ; plumage above dull yellow olive, with a tinge 

 of reddish brown on the wings and tail ; cheeks and throat ashy 

 white ; the rest beneath bright yellow. 



Bill light plumbeous ; legs pale fleshy yellow ; irides brown-red. 

 Length 8| inches ; extent 13 ; wing 4^ ; tail of ; bill at front f ; 

 tarsus f . 



This bird in its plumage much resembles the last. It is an 

 inhabitant of the Himalayas from Nepal to Bootan, extending to 

 the hill ranges of Assam, Sylhet, and Arrakan. It is chiefly 

 found at from 2,000 to 5,000 feet. I got several specimens from 

 the vicinity of Darjeeling, but did not myself observe it. The name 

 which the Lepchas give it is taken from its call. 



Near here should be placed several species of Bulbul, viz. 

 C. ochrocephalus, Grael., (crispiceps, Blyth,) the giant of the 

 family; Pi/c. inomatus and P. simplex, Kuhl, from Sumatra; 

 Pijcn, rufocaudatus, Eyton, {Tricophorus gularis, Horsf.) from 

 Java and Malacca; with Trie, gutturalis, and sulphurata, Mull., 

 from Borneo ; and fiavicaudus, Bon., from Amboyna; also Setor- 

 nis criniger, Blyth, from Malacca ; all which tend to grade into 

 Iole, previously mentioned. 



Not far from these birds should be placed Spizixos, Blyth, with 

 a short thick conical bill. The best known species, S. canifrons, 



