AVIS-IBIS

Birds of Indian Subcontinent

263. Criniger flaveolus

263. Criniger flaveolus.

The White-throated Bulbul.

Trichophorus flaveolus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 6. Criniger flaveolus (Gotdd), Blyth, Cat. p. 208; Horsf. & M. Cat. i, p. 252 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 83; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 106; XLV, pt. ii, p. 79 ; Hume, Cat. no. 451 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 295; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 77; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 178; Oates in Hume's N. & E. 2nd ed. i, p. 162.
Kussop-eechiop-pho, Lepch.

Coloration. Head and crest olive-brown, each feather edged with olive-green; back, rump, and lesser wing-coverts olive-green tinged with rufous; tail rufous-brown; lores and cheeks grey ; ear-coverts darker grey ; chin and upper throat white; the remaining lower plumage and under wing-coverts bright yellow ; wings dark brown, the outer webs rufescent brown.

Bill greyish-blue-horny; gape whitish fleshy; iris red-brown ; feet livid fleshy (Scully).

Length about 9; tail 3.5 ; wing 3.8; tarsus .8; bill from gape .9.

Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to the head of the Assam valley ; the Naga, Garo, and Khasi hills ; Sylhet; Cachar ; Manipur ; Tipperah. This species is found at low elevations, and seldom above 5000 feet.

Habits, &c. Breeds in Sikhim in July and August, constructing a shallow nest of dead leaves bound together by fine roots in small trees not more than 10 feet from the ground. The eggs, generally two in number, are pink marked with hair-lines, blotches, and spots of brownish maroon or brickdust-red. They measure about 1 by .7.

BookTitle: 
The Fauna Of British India including Ceylon and Burma
Reference: 
OATES EW. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol.1 1889.
Title in Book: 
263. Criniger flaveolus
Book Author: 
Eugene William Oates, Edited by William Thomas Blanford
CatNo: 
263
Year: 
1889
Page No: 
255
Common name: 
White Throated Bulbul
M_ID: 
22198
M_CN: 
White-throated Bulbul
M_SN: 
Alophoixus flaveolus
Volume: 
Vol. 1
id: 
368

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