n: [Male], August 15, 1963, ADG 241;
[Male], August 27, 1963, ADG 259; [Male], September 5, 1963, ADG 276.
Gum-Gum: [Male], September 4, 1963, ADG 283. Lamag: [Male], October 15,
1963, ADG 308.
This species of the primary forest was common both at Cocoa
Research Station and 12 miles north of Kalabakan. Although not
frequently seen, it was caught in mist nets with regularity.
Specimens taken near Kalabakan on November 8 and 15, 1962, were in
heavy molt.
_=Criniger finschii=_ Salvadori: Finsch's Bulbul.--_Specimens_, 9: Cocoa
Research Station: [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., 23.1 gm., August 23, 1962,
MCT 2798; [Female], 24.4 gm., August 23, 1962, MCT 2799; [Male] testis 6
x 4 mm., 24.5 gm., September 13, 1962, MCT 2914; [Female], 24.0 gm.,
September 13, 1962, MCT 2915; [Male] testis 4 x 3 mm., September 24,
1962, MCT 2942; [Male] testis, 6 x 5 mm., September 26, 1962, MCT 2969;
[Female], September 27, 1962, MCT 2972; [Female], November 27, 1962, MCT
3341. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 19, 1962, heavy molt, MCT
3077.
This bulbul was common in the cocoa at the Cocoa Research Station.
It fed in the company of other bulbuls in shade trees (_Trema
orientalis_). The size of the testes of the males taken is
characteristic of the beginning or ending of the breeding season,
but ovaries of the females showed no signs of being in breeding
condition.
According to Smythies (1960:385), this species had never been taken
in North Borneo. These specimens, therefore, are the first recorded
from there. Specimens previously were saved from Sarawak and
Indonesian Borneo.
_=Hypsipetes criniger viridis=_ (Bonaparte): Hairy-backed
Bulbul.--_Specimens_, 26: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], September 26,
1962, MCT 2963; [Female], September 27, 1962, MCT 2971; [Female],
November 27, 1962, MCT 3337; [Male], November 27, 1962, MCT 3356;
[Female], July 7, 1963, ADG 169; [Male], June 14, 1963, ADG 139; [Male],
June 12, 1963, ADG 125. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 13, 1962,
MCT 3022; [Male], October 13, 1962, MCT 3023; [Female], October 13,
1962, MCT 3029; [Female], October 13, 1962, MCT 3033; [Male], October
14, 1962, MCT 3040; [Female], October 16, 1962, MCT 3054; [Male],
October 16, 1962, MCT 3055; [Female], October 19, 1962, MCT 3081;
[Female], October 19, 1962, MCT 3082; [Male], October 20, 1962, MCT
3109; [Male], October 22, 1962, MCT 3129; [Male], Octo
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