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leaf or two laid on it, and lined internally with fine grass cut into 

 short pieces. The edge has a slight coating of spider and red ant 

 webs . 



" All the nests I have seen have been from eight to fifteen feet 

 from the ground, and none have contained more than three eggs 

 or young (generally two). The eggs are long shaped, of a pinkish- 

 white, faintly blotched at the large end with close blotches of a 

 pink slightly deeper than the ground colour. Some are exactly 

 similar in colour to those of (Myagra azurea), the Black-naped 

 Blue Fly-catcher." 



452.— THE WHITE-BROWED BULBUL. 



Ixus luteolus, Less. 



The White -browed Bush Bulbul is common about Bombay, but 

 appeal's to avoid the Ghat. They are permanent residents, breed- 

 ing daring the rains. Mr. Davidson found them common along 

 the Kanara Coast, breeding like most of the Bulbuls occasionally 

 at almost all seasons. 



The nest, composed of thin twigs, is lined with fine grass stems, 

 and is suspended between the twigs forming a fork, in a low bush 

 or tree, and is generally overshadowed by another bough. 



The eggs, three in number, are oval in shape, measuring 0*94 inches 

 in length by 0*62 in breadth. In colour they are pinkish-white, 

 thickly spotted and blotched with claret and purplish-red. These 

 markings are much more profuse at the larger end. 



Mt. Sion {near Bombay), July 8$ August. H. E. Barnes. 



455. -THE RUBY-THROATED BULBUL. 



Rubigula gularis, Gould. 

 Mr. Davidson informs me that the Ruby-throated Bulbul is 

 rather a common bird in Kanara forests both on the coast and 

 above the ghats. Neat nests of the bulbul type in low bushes have 

 been pointed out to him as belonging to this bird, but though a 

 permanent resident he has never taken the eggs. 



457.— THE GREY-HEADED BCLBUL. 



Brachypodius poiocephalus, Jerd. 

 Mr. Davidson found the Grey-headed Bulbul to be not uncommon 

 in the Kanara forests above the ghats, where he has no doubt it 

 is a permanent resident, but he kuowa nothing of its breeding 

 habits. 



