246 ON THE GENUS PYCNONOTUS 



1. Alcurus striatus. 



Alcurus strialus Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIV, p. 570 (1845); Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. VI, p. 91 (1881); Gates, B. Br. Ind. I, p. 266 (1889). 



Hab. From the Eastern Himalayas through Burma to 

 Tenasserim. 



Four specimens from Sikkim, Nepal and Thibet. 



2. Alcurus leucogrammicus. 



Pycnonoius leucogrammicus S. Mull. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 1835, 

 p. 362; Sbarpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 155 (1881). 



Hab. Sumatra. 



The three typical specimens from Sumatra. 



Genus Pinat*ocichta Sharpe. 



Type: Pinarocichla euptilosa (Jard. & Selb.). 



Above olive-brown , underneath ashy white , head slightly 

 crested, the feathers on the centre of the crown being 

 the longest, rump-feathers very long and dense, and with 

 a broad black subterminal bar, tarsus equal to culmen in 

 length, tail shorter than wing, not much rounded. — One 

 species known. 



Range. That of the species. 



1. Pinarocichla euptilosa. 



Bracliypus euptilosus Jard. & Selb. 111. Oin. IV (new ser.) pi. III. 

 Pinarocichla euptilosa Sbarpe, Cat. B. VI, p. 62 (1881); Gates, B. 

 Br. Ind. I, p. 279 (1889). 



Hab. From Southern Tenasserim down through Malacca 

 to Sumatra, Java, Bauka and Borneo. 



Four specimens from Sumatra , two from Banka , and 

 two from Borneo. 



Genus JPotiolophus Sharpe. 



Type: Poliolophus uroslictus Sbarpe. 



Resembling the preceding genus , but smaller, tail-feathers 



Notes from the Hjeyden JMuseuna, Vol. XVII. 



