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to be a most silent bird. I have never met with it over about 1,600 

 feet elevation, and only once as high as that. 



Alucurus striatus. 



The Striated Green Bulbul, 



Gates' " Fauna of B. I.," Vol. I., p. 266 ; id., '' B. of B, B.," Vol. 

 1., p. 187 ; icL, Hume's " Nests and Eggs, " Vol. I., p. 169 ; Jerdon's 

 "B. I.," Vol. 11., p. 81; Hume's Catalogue No. 449; Murray's 

 '' Avifauna," Vol. IL, p. 32. 



Description. — Whole upper plumage and visible portion of the 

 wings and tail olive-green, brownest on the crest, in some birds being 

 here almost a dark hair-brown. The feathers of the crown have white 

 striae, which are broadest, and often yellowish, on the forehead, and 

 narrowest on the longest crest feathers, where they become little 

 more than a shaft stripe. Nape, upper back and scapulars broadly 

 striated white, the striations becoming narrower towards the rump, 

 and ceasing altogether on the upper tail-coverts ; lores and chin j^el- 

 low or orange-yellow ; throat duller and lighter yellow ; the feathers 

 tipj^ed dusky brown. Ear-coverts dark brown narrowly striated 

 yellowish-white. Breast, sides of neck and flanks dark grey- 

 brown, very broadly striated with yellowish towards the centre of 

 the abdomen, the brown margins to the feathers become fainter and 

 narrower and are absent in the centre, which is plain yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts yellow. Under surface of the tail yellowish- green. In 

 many birds in abraded plumage the breast looks as if it was a merely 

 yellowish-white with brownish black edges to the feathers from 

 the dark part of the feathers becoming worn away and the lighter 

 portion showing up in consequence more distinctly. 



Bill dark horny, almost black ; iridis Indian-red or reddish-brown ; 

 legs dark clear plumbeous. 



Length 8-7''; wing 4-2"; tail 3-95"; tarsus -65"; bill at front -75"; 

 from gape l•05'^ 



The birds of this part seem to range in size between those of the 

 East and West, but personally I have only seen one specimen of 

 this bird taken elsewhere than in North Cachar. This, which 

 was kindly sent me from the Indian Museum by Mr. Wood-Mason, 

 is a bird (unsexed) from Darjeeliug, and has a wing measurement 

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