The earliest name for any form of Criniger is tephrogenys of Jardine and Selby and the description undoubtedly applies to one of the southern forms, though no locality is given. In the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society I designated the type-locality as South Tenasserim (vol. xxvii, p. 466, 1921).
The female is a good deal smaller than the male.
Key to Subspecies.
| A. |
Lower plumage yellow.
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| a. |
Chin and upper throat white; crest greenish yellow
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C. tephrogenys flaveolus, p. 363. |
| b. |
Chin, throat and upper breast white; crest greyish
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C. t. burmanicus, p. 364. |
| B. |
Lower plumage darker and more ochraceous.
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| c. |
Wing under 105 mm.
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| a'. |
Chin and throat white; crest rufescent olive-brown
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C. t. tephrogenys, p. 362. |
| b'. |
Chin, throat and upper breast white; crest olive-grey
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C. t. griseiceps, p. 365. |
| d. |
Wing over 110 mm.
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C. t. grandis, p. 365. |
(379) Criniger tephrogenys tephrogenys.
The Malayan White-throated Bulbul.
Tricophorus tephrogenys Jard. & Selby, Ill. Ind. Orn., pl. xxvii (1833) (no locality) (Tenasserim).
Criniger gutturalis. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 256.
Vernacular names. None recorded.
Description. Whole upper plumage olive-brown with an ochraceous tinge, rufescent on the head, crest and upper tail-coverts; tail rufous-brown tipped paler; wings brown, the outer webs of the feathers rufescent; lores and a ring round the eye greyish; ear-coverts brown with pale shafts; chin and throat white; lower plumage fulvous-brown tinged with ochre and ochraceous yellow on the centre of the abdomen; under tail-coverts buff.
Colours of soft parts. Iris wood-brown; upper mandible dark horny-brown, lower mandible plumbeous; legs and feet pinkish brown (Hume & Davison).
Measurements. Length about 230 mm.; wing 96 to 102 mm.; tail about 100 mm.; tarsus 17.5 to 18.5 mm.; culmen about 18 mm.
Distribution. The extreme South of Tenasserim and S.W. Siam down the Malay Peninsula. The true gutturalis from Borneo is a darker, browner bird below.
Nidification. Nest and eggs sent me by Mr. W. A. T. Kellow, from near Taiping, Federated Malay States, were all found in March, April and May, some of these taken in the first month
