ALCURUS:, 379 
(396) Hemixus maccleliandi binghami. 
HARTERT SSH se 
Tole holti binghami Hartert, Yer oe 1x, p. 558 (1902) (Loi-San-Pa, 
S. Shan States). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. This form differs from the Himalayan and 
Davison’s Brown-eared Bulbuls in having the upper plumage 
brown, not green. It is nearest to H. m. holti, from Southern 
China, in its abdomen being paler and whitish rather than rusty 
rufous and in its paler upper parts. 
Measurements. “ Wing 108 mmn.; tail 115 mm.” (Hartert). 
Distribution. South Shan States. 
Nidification and Habits. Nothing recorded. 
Within a comparatively small area we have many forms of this 
Bulbul—H. m. holtt from S. China, H. m. similis Rothschild 
from Yunnan, H. m. tickelli from the Karen Hills, H. m. macclel- 
landt from the Chin and Kachin Hills. Apparently these are all 
good forms. From Annam, Messrs. Robinson and Kloss describe 
yet another formas H, tickelli grisciventer (Ibis, 1919, p. 508). 
Genus ALCURUS Hodgson, 1843. 
The only species in this genus is a conspicuous and easily 
recognized bird with ample crest and striped plumage. The crest 
springs from every ee of the crown and is of considerable 
length when erected, the feathers being narrow but of the same 
width throughout and not shar ply pointed. The bill is smali and 
only half the length of the head; the tarsus is scutellated but in 
young birds is almost smooth throughout. The tail is slightly 
rounded and the wing rather pointed. 
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Fig. 76.—Head of Alcurus striatus. 
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(897) Alcurus striatus. 
THE Srriarep GREEN BULBUL. 
Trichophorus striatus Blyth, J. A.S.B., xi, p. 184 (1842) (Nepal). 
Alcurus striatus. Blanf. & Oates, ia pis 266. 
Vernacular names. Senim-plek-pho(Lepcha); Chichiam(Bhutea). 
