THE STRIATED GREEN BULBUL. 
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Genus ALCUEUS, Hodgs. 
181. ALCURUS STRIATUS. 
THE STRIATED GREEN BULBUL. 
Trichophorus striatus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xi. p. 184. Alcurus nipalensis, Hodgs. in 
Gray^s Zool. Misc. p. 83. Alcurus striatus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 81 ; Wcdd. in 
Bl B. Bttrm. p. 134; Hume ^ Dm. S. F. vi. p. 299 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 98 ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. vi. p. 91. 
Description. — Male and female. 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 externally 
with olive-green and internally with yellowish, the three outer pairs of 
feathers tipped with yellow ; lesser and median coverts olive-green, brownish 
internally and with a few obsolete striations on the smaller feathers; 
greater coverts and primary- coverts brown on the inner and olive-green on 
the outer webs ; quills brown, except on the outer webs, which are almost 
entirely coloured olive-green ; inner webs edged with yellow ; lores, base 
of lower mandible and the chin bright yellow; throat yellow, with tri- 
angular black spots ; cheeks and ear-coverts dark brown, with large 
yellowish- white streaks ; sides of the neck, breast, abdomen and flanks 
yellow, each feather broadly margined with dark brown ; axillaries, under 
wing- and tail-coverts bright yellow. 
The young diff^er in having the colours much duller and less well defined. 
Legs and feet very dark brown or deep plumbeous ; bill black ; irides 
deep red-brown. (Davison.) 
Length 8*5 inches, tail 3*8, wing 4, tarsus '8, bill from gape 1. The 
female is of the same size. 
The Striated Green Bulbul has been observed on the Tonghoo hills in 
Pegu by Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay, who found it common also in the Karin 
hills. Mr. Davison procured it on Mooleyit, in Tenasserim, where it 
appears to be confined to the highest portions of the mountain. 
It has been observed in the Dafla and Khasia hills in Eastern Bengal ; 
and it inhabits the Himalayas in Sikhim and Nipal at an elevation of 
7000 feet or more. 
This Bulbul is said by Dr. J erdon to keep to the tops of high trees, going 
in small parties, and to have a loud mellow warble uttered both when 
feeding and on the wing. 
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