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pleasing Bulbul-like warble. In all tlie specimens I have examined, 
I have found fruit only in its stomach, but from the strong bristles 
at the base of the bill, I suppose it may, at certain seasons, partake 
of insects."— (Jerd., Madr. Journ. L. S. X. p. 249.) 
Genus Spizixos, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIV. />. 571 
(1845). 
" Greneral structure of JPycnonotus, but differing greatly in the 
shortness and (for a member of this group) extraordinary thickness 
of the bill, the lateral outline of which approaches that of Conostoma 
oemodium, except that the tip of the upper mandible curves more 
decidedly downward over that of the lower mandible, being also 
pointed and distinctly notched, with a sinuation corresponding to 
the notch in the lower mandible ; as viewed from above, however, 
the resemblance to the beak of the Conostoma ceases, for that of the 
present bird narrows evenly to a point from a tolerably wide base ; 
the ridge of the upper mandible is obtusely angulated, and it is 
distinctly arched, rising at base where concealed by the feathers of 
the forehead. Kest as in Fycnonotus, but approaching to Crinicjer^ 
380. S.PIZIX08 CANIFBONS, Blyth. 
Spizixos canifrons, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. XIV. 
p. 571 ; XX. p. 520 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
App. p. 13. 
A. B. Afghanistan. From Griffith's Collection. 
;S^. canifrons. " Length about 8 inches ; of wing 3^ ; of tail 3^ ; 
bill to forehead a little exceeding ^ an inch, and to gape f ; tarse 
also f of an inch. General colour bright olive-green, becoming 
yellowish green and more vivid on the rump and margins of the 
primaries, and inclining also to yellow on the belly, and more 
decidedly on the lower tail-coverts ; forehead and chin pale ashy ; 
the nape, with the sides and front of the neck, somewhat darker, 
passing into blackish on the throat ; and the crown black, its 
feathers lengthened to form a crest nearly an inch long; tail- 
feathers largely tipped with blackish ; bill yellow, and legs brown. 
Habitat, Cherra Poonjee, or the hill-ranges bordering on Sylhet to 
the northward." — (Blyth.) 
Genus Criniger, Temm., Man. d'Orn. (1820). 
Teichophoeus, Te7nm., Text de PI. Col. 88 (1838). 
