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Genus CRINIGER Temm., 1820.

The genus Criniger may be known from all the other Bulbuls by the presence of a long pointed crest and numerous very long hairs springing from the nape and hind neck. The tails of all the Indian and Burmese species are, moreover, rufous, a character shared by few other Bulbuls.

In Criniger the bill is strong and about half the length of the head and the culmen is curved throughout; the rictal bristles are well developed. The wing is blunt; the tail short and rounded and the tarsus short but very strong. The plumage is very soft.