53 Mr. W.E. Brooks on Birds observed 



a sort of whistle, I have had a dozen of these birds within shot 

 of me at a time. Mr. Home found the nest at Binsur, but the 

 particulars I have not received. 



425. Trochalopterum lineatum. Common everywhere. 

 The nest was generally placed in a low tree or bush, where the 

 foliage was thick, and was composed of grass, and lined with 

 finer grass. The eggs are three in number, 1*083 in. by "75 in,, 

 of a light greenish-blue, the tint being the same of those of 

 Acridotheres tristis. They are laid in the first half of May. 



444. Hypsipetes psaroides. The nest and eggs were found 

 by Mr. Home on the 37th of May, near Bheem Tal. The egg 

 is white, spotted with dark and light brown and grey, showing 

 much more of the greenish colour than other Bulbuls^ eggs do. 

 It measures '925 in. by "75 in. 



458. Otocompsa leucogenys. I found this bird numerous 

 at Almorah, and procured several nests between the beginning 

 of May and June. They were placed in a bush or small tree, 

 and were slightly built of fine grass, roots, and fibres. Eggs 

 three in number, '925 in. by '583 in., purplish-white, speckled 

 all over, but more thickly at the larger end, with spots and 

 blotches of purple-brown and purplish-grey. 



461. Pycnonotus PYGJSus. Common at the lower elevations 

 where the country was open, and at Almorah. Nest and eggs 

 the same as those of 0. leucogenys, but the eggs generally a trifle 

 smaller and more inclined to a reddish-purple tint. They are 

 laid about the middle of May. 



470. Oriolus kundoo. Common at Almorah. I have fre- 

 quently found its nest and eggs in the plains. The former is a 

 slight grass cup, suspended by the edges between the forks of a 

 thin horizontal branch. The eggs are precisely like those of 0. 

 galbula. 



475. CoPSYCHUS SAULARis. Common at Almorah and near 

 all villages. The nest is formed under the eaves of houses, and 

 in holes in trees ; but the bird gives a decided preference to a 

 dwelling-house. Like the English Redbreast, it is a most soci- 

 able bird, and appears to prefer the proximity of man. The 



