252 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



463.— WHITE-WINGED GREEN BULBUL 



OR 



THE WHITE WINGED IORA. 

 Iora tiphia, Lin, 



The White-winged Iora is altogether absent from Sind, and is 

 replaced in Northern Gujerat by the next species. It appears to be 

 common in the Southern and Eastern portions of Western India, and 

 occurs not uncommonly on Mount Aboo. 



It is of course a permanent resident, breeding from the com- 

 mencement of the rains until near the end. The nest, a deepish cup, 

 is usually placed on a horizontal bough, generally at a place where a 

 few upright twigs spring out from the bough, helping to keep it 

 securely in position ; occasionally the nest is placed in an upright 

 fork, composed of three or four twigs, and in this case the nest is 

 generally deeper. 



It is composed of vegetable fibres, lined with fine grass and hairs, 

 and is thickly coated on the outside with spider webs. 



It is firmly and compactly made, but the walls are thin, often not 

 more than three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness ; the bottom too, 

 when the nest is placed on a horizontal bough, is very thin, often not 

 more than one-eight of an inch, but when it is placed in an upright 

 fork, the bottom is continued to a blunt point, and is then often an 

 inch or even more in thickness. 



The nest a good deal resembles that of the White-browed Fantail 

 Flycatcher, but is rather more loosely made and is not quite so 

 compact. 



The eggs, two or three in number, are moderately broad ovals in 

 shape, a little pointed at one end ; the ground colour is greyish-, 

 yellowish-, or creamy -white, having longitudinal streak of purplish- 

 reddish or yellowish-brown. These streaks start from the larger 

 end, where they often form an imperfect cap or belt, often leaving the 

 smaller end comparatively clear. They average about 0*G9 inches in 

 length by rather more than 0-54 in breadth. 



Neemuch, July and August. H. E. Barnes. 



Baroda, June to October, H. Littledale. 



4686w.— THE WESTERN IORA. 



Iora nigrolutea, Mar. 

 This the is common Iora of Guzerat, and occurs most abundantly 



