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(39G) Hemixus maccleliandi binghami. 

 HARTKKT'S SIIAX BULBUL. 



lole holti binyhami Hartert, Vug. Pal.,ix, 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 mm.; tail 115 mm." (Hartert). 



Distribution. South Shan States. 



Nidiflcation and Habits. Nothing recorded. 



"Within a comparatively small area we have many forms of this 

 Bulbul H. m. holti from S. China, H. m. similis Rothschild 

 from Yunnan, H. m. ticJcelli from the Karen Hills, H. m. macclel- 

 iandi from the Chin and Kachin Hills. Apparently these are all 

 good forms. From Annam, Messrs. Robinson and Kloss describe 

 yet another form as If. ticlcelli griseiventer (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 portion of the crown and is of considerable 

 length when erected, the feathers being narrow but of the same 

 width throughout and not sharply pointed. The bill is small 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. 



Fig. 76. Head of Alcurus striatus. 



(397) Alcurus striatus. 

 THE STBIATED GHEE]* BFLBUL. 



Trichophorus striatus Blyth, J. A. S.B., xi, p. 184 (1842) (Nepal). 

 Alcurus striatus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 266. 



Vernacular names. Senim-plelc-plio(Le])c\\-A); Chichiam (Bhutea). 



