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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Genus TRACHYCOMUS, Cahanis. 
182. TRACHYCOMUS OCHROCEPHALUS. 
THE YELLOW-CROWNED BULBUL. 
Turdus ochrocephalus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 821. Alcurus ochrocephalus, 
Wald. Ibis, 1872, p. 379. Trachycomus ochrocephalus, Hume, S. F. i. 
p. 455 ; Salvacl. TJcc. Born. p. 196 ; Bl. B. Bunn. p. 133 ; Hume Sf Uav. S. F. vi. 
p. 300 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birch B. Mus. vi. p. 93. 
Description. — Male and female. Forelieacl_, crown^ a patoli under the eye 
branching out into two streaks extending partially over and under the ear- 
coverts straw-yellow ; upper plumage and lesser wing-coverts ashy brown 
dashed with green, all the feathers except those of the rump with con- 
spicuous white shafts^ and the upper tail-coverts margined with olive-green ; 
greater coverts^ wings and tail dark brown_, margined with olive-green ; 
ear-coverts brown^ with white shafts ; lores and cheeks black ; chin and 
throat white ; breast and sides of the neck ashy brown^ with white shaft- 
streaks ; sides of the body brown, with indistinct shaft-lines; abdomen 
and vent brownish white ; thighs and under tail-coverts ochraceous ; under 
wing-coverts and axillaries ochraceous brown. 
Legs and feet dark horny brown or black ; bill black ; irides pale or 
litharge-red. (Davison.) 
Length 11 inches^ tail 4*8, wing 4*6^ tarsus 1^ bill from gape 1*2. The 
female is of about the same size. 
The Yellow-crowned Bulbul has been observed in Tenasserim by Mr. 
Davison from Mergui down to Malewoon, where it appears to be not 
uncommon. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula, and occurs in the islands of 
Sumatra,, Java and Borneo. 
It was observed by Mr. Davison to keep in parties of five to eight or so, 
and to frequent spare jungle rather than the heavy forests. It is very 
garrulous, and feeds chiefly on berries but occasionally on insects. On 
more than one occasion Mr. Davison saw this bird hopping about on the 
ground, an unusual thing for any of the forest Bulbuls to do. 
