Order II. PASSERES. Tribe III. Dentieostres. Family II. Turdid^e. 



The fifth Subfamily, 



PYCNONOTIN.E, or Bulbuls, 



have the Bill usually short, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 

 emarginated ; the gape furnished with more or less lengthened bristles ; the Nostrils basal, and placed 

 in a short membranous groove : the Wings moderate and rounded : the Tail long, broad, and generally 

 rounded at the end : the Tarsi as long as, or shorter than, the middle toe, and generally covered by an entire 

 scale : the Toes moderate ; the outer toe sometimes longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the 

 hind toe long and strong. 



Microscelis.* 



Bill long, nearly straight, and slightly depressed at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides 

 compressed to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the gonys long and slightly ascending ; the gape 

 furnished with a few bristles ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a membranous groove, with the opening 

 oval and exposed. Wings moderate and rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail 

 moderate and broad, with the end even or rounded. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, and covered with 

 an entire scale. Toes rather short, the lateral toes unequal, the hind toe long and short ; the claws 

 moderate, curved, and acute. 



The species of this genus are found in India and its archipelago. 



1. M. amaurotis (Temm.) PI. col. 497. 



2. M. rnelmwleucus Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 1. 



3. M. ■ ? — Microtarsus melanoleucus Eyton, Proc. Z. S. 



1839. p. 102. 



4. M. squamioeps (Kittl.) Mem. de l'Acad. St. Petersb. 1835. t. 

 16., Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. 12. f. 1. 



5. M. ochrocephalus (Gmel.) Brown, 111. Zool.pl. 22. — S 

 zeylanicus Gmel. PI. col. 136. 



6. M. ? virescens Temm. PI. col. t. 382. f. 1. 



7. M. philippensis (Gmel.) Kittl. Kupf. Vog. t. 12. f. 2. 



Criniger Temm.f 



Bill short, strong, broad, and elevated at the base, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed 

 to the tip, which is emarginated ; the gonys short, and slightly ascending ; the gape furnished with 

 very long bristles ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a short broad groove, with the opening oval and 



* Originally established under the name of Micropus, by Mr. Swainson, in 1831 ; which, having been previously employed, was changed 

 by me to the above name. It embraces Microtarsus of Mr. Eyton (1839). 



+ Established by M. Temminck (1820), he afterwards changed this name to Trichophorus. It embraces Iole of Mr, Blyth_(1844). 



