443 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



nest 2"25; depth 1"5. The cry of alarm of this species is hke 

 that of Parus major. 



465. Phyllornis aurifrons. Golden-crested Green Bulbul. 

 Occasionally seen in the Maunbhoom district, and I procured 



specimens in February. The female has the golden forehead, 

 though perhaps less brightly coloured than in the male ; and Dr. 

 Jerdon is, I think, in error when he says it wants it altogether. 

 This bird has a powerful and very pleasing song, not unlike 

 that of the English Song-Thrush. I have seen caged speci- 

 mens, called " Mocking Birds,^^ which were brought from Dacca, 

 and said to have been captured there. I met this species again 

 in the valley of the Sal ween in Bur m ah in August 1865. 



466. Phyllornis hardwickii. Blue-winged Green Bulbul. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. Four specimens. 



468. loRA TYPHiA. White-winged Green Bulbul. 



This is one of the commonest birds about Barrackpore in June 

 and July during the rains, when others have quite deserted that 

 part of the country. It is also tolerably abundant in Maunb- 

 hoom, and in Moulmein common in trees of Mesua ferrea in 

 gardens, which. Titmouse-like, it carefully beats for insects. 

 {Cf. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 549.) It is the " Chota amlah " of the 

 Bowries of Maunbhoom. 



470. Oriolus kundoo. The Indian Oriole. 



The first specimen I had ever seen of this bird I got at Ka- 

 shurghur, Maunbhoom, March 1864. A pair brought in by 

 shikaree to Simla, June 21, 1866, measure as follows: — 



Length, Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. 



cJ .... 9-25 5-375 3-375 '8125 M875 15-5 



5 .... 9-75 5-5 3-5 -875 1-125 16 



The female has all the colours duller than in the male, and the 

 black of the latter replaced by greenish. The colour of the bill, 

 too, appears to be of a slightly duller red, much duller (as far as 

 my recollection goes) in both sexes of this species than in O. 

 melanocephahs. This male has got a curious fleshy kind of cere 

 extending over the top of the bill from nostril to nostril, which 

 is wanting in the female. Legs greenish-plumbeous in both. 



