MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 905 



and another set of boai'ds which formed the ceiling of the room below, between 

 these boards again were considerable gaps. A pair of Hoopoes had found 

 access to the intervening space and had arranged their nest there. My friend 

 watched them with some interest from his bed and in due time 4 young ones 

 were hatched out. One day the cock came in when the hen was out and he 

 had evidently felt that the burden of catering for four youngsters was too much 

 for him and so he seized his opportunity and taking two of them he pushed 

 them down between the boards on which his nest was built and let them fall into 

 the rooms below and then he l ' made tracks " not turning up again until the hen 

 bird was at home and wondering what had become of half of her family. My 

 friend was not able to understand the conversation that followed but it ought 

 to have been interesting. 



T. BOMFORD (Revd.)- 



No. X.— NOTES ON THE YELLOW-THROATED BULBUL 

 (PYCNUXOTUS XA NTHOL/EMi S.) 



There is a little known peak of the Eastern Ghats situated in the extreme 

 south of the Cuddapah district of the Madras presidency, in Lat. 13 u -4G'-45", 

 Long. 78°-28 / -30", which would appear a sufficiently interesting ground for a 

 naturalist to bring to the notice of the Bombay Natural History Society ; and 

 I am happy to be able to do this and, at the same time, afford a little informa- 

 tion about a very beautiful and uncommon bird, the Yellow-throated Buibul 

 (Pymynotui xintholfem'is) which ocsurs there. 



The peak is called Horsely konda (Horsely's hill) after a member of the 

 Ind.an Civil Service who built the present Forest bungalow and laid out its 

 pretty grounds, and, generally brought the cool breezy hill top to notice as a 

 local hot-weather resort. The height runs up to 4 000 ft. above sea level. From 

 tho presence of a temple on the summit, traces of a rude fort wall and remains 

 of a paved track leading up the hill, as well as one or two tanks for the storage 

 of water, the hill would appear, at one time, to have been of greater local 

 importance than it is at present. It is now all included in reserved forest and 

 as the water supply, though scanty at times, is sufficient and fairly distributed, 

 the hill is a great resort in the hot season for the birds of the surrounding 

 country, and must vie as such with any other on the Eastern Ghats. 



I visited the little hill-top late in April last and, shortly after my arrival, 

 I became aware of the presence of a bird with which I was unacquainted. I was 

 not altogether surprised at this as I had already seen specimens of the Black 

 Eagle Ict'mattus malayensisj, the Ghat Nightjar (Caprimuhjus wacrurvs) the Bay 

 Banded Cuckoo (Penlhoceryx sonnerati), and the Spotted Babbler (I'ellorneum 

 ruficep*). None of these are very common birds although ihe last mentioned 

 would appear to have a more extensive distribution than Blanford would 

 lead us to suppose. Also, later, on the evening of the 29th May, we heard the 

 English Cuckoo (CuculUs canorus). I call it the English Cuckoo because it is so 



