Birds of the Indian Hills 



tits : the white-eye, the black-throated babbler, the 

 red-headed babbler, the blue-winged siva, the yellow- 

 naped ixulus, the striped-throated yuhina, and the 

 red-tailed minla. 



The above are all birds of distinctive colouring and 

 may be easily distinguished. 



Other small birds which are neither tits nor babblers 

 go about in flocks, as, for example, nuthatches, but 

 these other birds differ in shape and habits from 

 babblers and tits, so that no one is likely to confound 

 them with the smaller Corvids or Crateropodidae. 



29. Molpastes leucogenys. The white- 

 cheeked bulbul. Common below elevations 

 of 5000 feet. 



30. Hypsipetes psaroides. The Himalayan 

 black bulbul. Not very common. 



31. Alcurus striatus. The striated green 

 bulbul. Upper plumage olive-green with 

 yellow streaks. Cheeks dark brown, streaked 

 with pale yellow. Chin and throat yellow, 

 with dark spots on throat. Patch under tail 

 bright yellow. 



Striated green bulbuls go about in flocks 

 which keep to the tops of trees. They utter 

 a mellow warbling note. They are abundant 

 about Darjeeling. 



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