THE BURMESE WHITE-THROATED BULBUL. 183 
Genus CEINIGER, Temm. 
177. CRINIGER PH^OCEPHALUS. 
THE GREY-HEADED BULBUL. 
Ixos phaeocephalus, Hartl. Rev, Zool. 1844, p. 401. Criniger phaeocephalus, 
Wald. Ibis, 1871, p. 169, f. 2 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 207 ; Hume ^ Dav. S, F. vi. 
p. 302 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 74. 
Description. — Male and female. Head from the forehead to the nape 
dark slaty grey ; lores_, ear-coverts and sides of the head pale grey ; cheeks_, 
chin and throat white ; remainder of lower plumage deep yellow, suffused 
with olive-green on the flanks and sides of the breast ; upper plumage with 
the wing-coverts olive-green; tail rufous-brown_, rather brighter on the 
edges of the outer webs ; wings brown^ the outer webs edged with ruddy 
olive and the tertiaries wholly of this colour ; the feathers of the head in 
new plumage are edged with light grey. 
The legSj feet and claws varied 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. 
[Davison.) 
Length 8*3 inches, tail 3*4, wing 3*7, tarsus '8, bill from gape 1. The 
female is considerably smaller. 
The Grey-headed Bulbul occurs in the extreme south of Tenasserim 
about Malewoon and Bankasoon, where it appears to be common. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula, and occurs in the islands of 
Borneo and Sumatra. 
The birds of this genus are more sociable than the majority of the 
Bulbuls, being generally met with in small parties. They are characterized 
by a loud harsh note, which is incessantly uttered when the birds are 
disturbed. 
178. CRINIGER GRISEICEPS. 
THE BURMESE WHITE-THROATED BULBUL. 
Criniger flaveolus, apud Bl B. Burm. p. 134. Criniger griseiceps, Hume, S. F. 
i. p. 478 ; Wald. in Bl. B, Burm. p. 134 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 300 ; Hume, 
S. F. viii. p. 98 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 77 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 209. 
Description. — Male and female. Lores, cheeks and ear-coverts pale grey ; 
chin and throat white ; lower plumage yellow, tinged with ochraceous and 
