266 CEATEROPODID^E. 



Legs and feet fleshy pink, dark fleshy pink, light purplish brown, 

 pale pinkish brown, or pale reddish brown ; bill black, horny black, 

 or dark horny brown ; iris wood-brown, deep red-brown, light red, 

 or crimson (Hume $ Davison}. 



Length about 9'5 ; tail 4'2; wing 4 ; tarsus "7 ; bill from gape 1*2. 



Distribution. Karennee from 2500 to 4000 feet ; the pine-forests 

 of the Salween valley south to Muleyit mountain above 2500 feet. 



Habits, fyc. Usually occurs, according to Davison, on the out- 

 skirts of forests along the paths and thin jungle. 



Genus ALCURUS, Hodgs., 1843. 



The only form of 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 through- 

 out and not sharply pointed. The bill is small and only half the 

 length of the head ; the tarsus is scutellated as a rule, but in many 

 instances is smooth or nearly so, a point probably depending on 

 age. The tail is slightly rounded and the wing is tolerably sharp. 



277. Alcurus striatus. The Striated Green Bulbul. 



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



Alcurus nipalensis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 



Criniger striatus (BlytK), Blyth, Cat. p. 208 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 253. 



Alcurus striatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 955 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 81 ; 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 106; xlv, pt. ii, p. 78; 

 Wald. in BlytK s Birds Bunn. p. 134 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, 

 p. 299 ; Hume, Cat. no. 449 ; Sharpe, Cat. B, M. vi, p. 91 ; Gates, 

 B. B. i, p. 187 ; Salvador*, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 597 ; 

 Hume, S. F. xi, p. 177 ; Oates in Hume's N. # E. 2nd ed. i, p. 169. 



Senim-plek-pho, Lepch. ; Chichiam, Bhut. 



Fig. 85. Head of A. stnatus. 



Coloration. Whole head, back, and scapulars olive-green, each 

 feather with a yellowish-white shaft-stripe ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts brighter with obsolete striations ; tail brown, edged extern- 



