. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 172 TIMELIID^. colouring may be imperfect. Tu the extent of "white on the tail the Bornean and Malaccan examples agree; and the qneflion of their further identity must remain till a larger series can be compared. They agree Avith Hume's description of webheri. "Webber's Bnlbiil replaces the foregoing species in Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malayan peninsula. a. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. h. Ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. c. Ad. sk. 26. SPIZIXUS. Type. Spizixos, Bbjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. o71 (1845) S. cauifro
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 172 TIMELIID^. colouring may be imperfect. Tu the extent of "white on the tail the Bornean and Malaccan examples agree; and the qneflion of their further identity must remain till a larger series can be compared. They agree Avith Hume's description of webheri. "Webber's Bnlbiil replaces the foregoing species in Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malayan peninsula. a. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. h. Ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. c. Ad. sk. 26. SPIZIXUS. Type. Spizixos, Bbjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. o71 (1845) S. Head of 82^1^1x113 canifrons. Range. Hills of Sylhet, Khasia hills, Foochow, and Formosa. Key to the Species. a. Ear-coverts uniform brown ; head black; foi'e- head gTey; uo v^hite patch on sides of throat, canifrons, p. 172. h. Ear-coverts streaked vnih white ; a white patch on each side of the throat, a'. Crown black, nape grey seiiuforqiies. p. 173. b'. Crown entirel}' grey cinereicapiUus, p. 173. 1. Spizixus canifrons. Spizixus canifrons, Blyth, J. A. S. Bene/, xiv. p. 571, xx. p. 520; id. Cat. B. Mils. As. Sue. p. 339; Iloisf. f Moore, Cat. B. Mus. Co. i. p. 251; Gould, B. Asia, part xviii.; Godirin-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. 1870, vol. xxxix. p. 106; Blyth, Ibis, 1872, p. 90. Pycnonotus canifrons, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 271, no. 3969. Adult. General colour above dark olive-yeUow, becoming ycUower on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers dull olive-yellow, browner on the inner web, and having a broad terminal baud of blackish brown; wing-coverts like the back; quills dark brown, externally olive-yellowish, the inner secondaries entirely of this colour : head strongly crested, the crown black, the nape slightly washed with grey ; forehead ashy grey ; ear-coverts light brown;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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