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TIMELIID/E. 



Gen. Alcurus. Hodgs. 



Bill slightly longer than in the preceding genus and somewhat wider at 

 base; rictal bristles well developed though weak; nostrils oval, apert; no long 

 hairs on the centre of the back. Head crested. Tarsus scutellate, nearly as 

 long as the culmen. 



Head of Alcurus striatus. 



446. AlCUrilS striatUS (Blyth), Jerd B. Ind. ii. p. 8 1, No. 449 ; 



Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 134; Hume and Dav. Sir, F. vi. p. 299; Hume, 

 Sir. F. viii. p. 98 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mm. vi. p. 91 ; Oates, B. Burmah 

 i. p. 187. Trichophorus striatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 184. Alcurus 

 nipalensis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83. The STRIATED GREEN 



BULBUL. 



Whole head, crest, back and scapulars olive green, the feathers with a 

 mesial yellowish white shaft stripe ; rump and upper tail coverts brighter and 

 more olive yellow, the mesial shaft streaks not very distinct, and in some skins 

 nearly obsolete ; tail brown, edged externally with olive green and internally 

 with yellowish, the three outer pairs on each side tipped with yellow ; lesser 

 and median wing coverts like the back and similarly streaked ; greater and 

 primary coverts dull olive greenish ; quills dark brown, olive yellow externally. 

 A spot of yellow at the base of the lower mandible ; chin and throat yellow, 

 the latter with triangular black spots; cheeks and ear-coverts dark brown, 

 streaked with yellowish white ; sides of the neck, breast, abdomen and flanks 

 yellow, each feather broadly margined with dark brown ; under wing and tail 

 coverts, also axillaries, bright yellow ; legs and feet deep plumbeous ; bill 

 black ; irides deep red-brown. 



Length. %' to 8*5 inches ; wing 4 to 4*3 ; tail 3-8 to 4 ; tarsus 0*7 to O 8 ; 

 culmen O-8; bill from gape I. 



Hab. The forests of the Himalayas, extending to the hills of Burmah and 

 Tenasserim. Jerdon says it is extremely abundant about Darjeeling, and most 

 common from 7,000 feet and upwards. It has been observed on the Tonghoo 

 hills in Pegu by Capt. Ward law- Ram say, who found it common also in the 

 Karen hills. Davison got it in Tenasserim, where he says it is confined to 



