250 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



459— THE WHITE-EARED CRESTED BULBUL. 



Otocompsa leucotis, Gould. 



The White-eared Crested Bulbul is the common bulbul of Sind and 

 occurs not uncommonly in Northern Guzerat. They breed from April 

 to August ; the nests are usually placed in dense tamarisk bushes 

 occasionally in small babool trees), at heights varying from three 

 to six feet from the ground ; they are cup-shaped, slenderly but firmly 

 built, and bear handling well; they are composed of fine twigs of 

 tamarisk, &c, grass roots and vegetable fibre, and are unlined. 



The eggs, three in number, very rarely four, are longish ovals in 

 shape, pointed at one end, and are reddish white in colour, spotted, 

 streaked, and blotched with brownish and purplish red. They 

 measure 0'82 inches in length by 0*64 in breadth. 



Hyderabad, Sind, April to August. H. E. Barnes. 



4606/s.— THE SOUTHERN RED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 



Otocompsa fuscicaudata, Gould. 

 The Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul is common all along the 

 Sahyadri range and forests adjacent ; it is also very common at 

 Mount Aboo. 



It is equally common in the vicinity of Bombay. 

 They breed from March to June, making a deep cup-shaped nest 

 composed of grass roots, with a quantity of dead leaves or dried 

 ferns worked into the bottom, and lined with fine grass and the 

 hair-like roots and stems of ferns. 



They are often bound on the exterior with spider webs. 

 The eggs, two or three in number, are reddish-white in colour, 

 thickly streaked, spotted, and speckled with rich blood and brick- 

 red, with a few scarcely visible spots of pale inky-purple. 

 They measure 0*9 inches in length by about 0*66 in breadth. 

 Mt. 8 ion (near Bombay), March to May. M. E. Barnes. 



Khandalla, June and July. Bo. 



Aboo, May and June. Bo. 



Nassick Ghdts, Feb. to July. J. Bavidson, C. S. 



Kanara forests, Feb. to May. Bo. 



462.--THE COMMON MADRAS BULBUL. 



Pycnonotus hcemorrhous, Gm. 

 The Common Madras Bulbul is very abundant throughout the 

 Western Presidency, except in Upper Sind, where it is very rare. 



