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becoming pure buff on tbe under tail-coverts ; head from tbe forehead to 
nape greyish brown ; upper plumage with the lesser and median wing- 
coverts yellowish green ; upper tail-coverts and tail rufous-brown ; wings 
and greater coverts brown_, edged on the outer webs with a colour like that 
of the tail ; tertiaries almost wholly of this colour ; after the moult the 
plumage is much richer than at other times, being more ochraceous below ; 
some specimens have the crest-feathers tipped with olive-green and the 
lower plumage brighter yellow. 
Bill bluish, darker on the anterior half of culmen and the tip ; eyelids 
plumbeous ; iris reddish brown ; inside of mouth bluish fleshy ; legs pinkish 
brown ; claws pale horn. 
Length 8"8 inches, tail 3*8, wing 3*9, tarsus '82, bill from gape 1. The 
female is of the same size. 
The Burmese White- throated Bulbul is generally diffused over the hills 
of Pegu where the vegetation is thick and evergreen. It is abundant on 
the eastern slopes of the Pegu hills, extending quite down to the towns 
of Rangoon and Pegu. On the western slopes, where the vegetation is 
dry, it is probably altogether absent. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured 
it at Tonghoo and also in Karennee. Some birds, however, which I re- 
ceived from Mr. deWet, killed near Tonghoo, approach the Indian race 
C. flaveoluSy but have the crest tipped with yellow. 
In Tenasserim, according to Mr. Davison, this Bulbul is found only as 
far south as Meetan at the base of Mooleyit. Capt. Bingham states that 
it occurs in the Thoungyeen valley. 
It has not yet been found outside the limits of British Burmah. 
This Bulbul, which Mr. Hume first described from specimens procured 
by myself in the Pegu hills, is so remarkably noisy that it is not likely to 
escape observation. They are generally found in parties of six or more in 
thick forest. They fly from tree to tree, backwards and forwards, con- 
tinually uttering their harsh notes, and they never descend to the ground. 
They appear to feed entirely on fruit. The nest of this species has not 
yet been found. The allied C. flaveolus builds a compact, shallow, cup- 
like nest of dead leaves bound together by roots and lined with finer roots, 
and places it on the branches of small trees. The eggs are salmon-pink, 
blotched and marked with lines of deep maroon-red. 
C. flaveolus, from the Himalayas, is said by Blyth to have occurred in 
Arrakan and Tenasserim. In the latter province the representative species, 
C. griseiceps, occurs, which Blyth did not discriminate. It is possible that 
the Arrakan species may not be C. flaveolus, and therefore I do not enter 
it in this work. It is distinguished from C. griseiceps by having the head 
olive-green tinged with ochraceous (which tinge also pervades the upper 
plumage), by having the under surface deep yellow, and by having the 
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