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sounds like "peepee-pee pee-peeyut" rapidly and very shrilly 

 uttered, about the middle of Aprd ; but by the 28th of that 

 month the forests all round the Jclla Pahar mountain were re- 

 verberating to its call, and the birds themselves, scarcely ever 

 silent, were busily engaged in running about the trees like 

 Woodpeckers, apparently in search of insects. I have heard it 

 give utterance to a harsh and rather loud rattling cry, as it 

 flew from one tree to another. 



444. Hypsipetes psaroides. Himalayan Black Bulbul. 



I did not see any of these birds myself; but several examples 

 were procured by my shikaree near, I understand, the village of 

 Ging, which is 5156 feet above the sea. 



447. Hypsipetes maclellandi. Rufous-bellied Bulbul. 

 Two specimens from the forests below Darjeeling. 



448. Hemixus flavala. Brown-eared Bulbul. 



I saw this bird frequently near Darjeeling, but I never ob- 

 tained a specimen. 



449. Alcurus striatus. Striated Green Bulbul. 



This bird is very common near Darjeeling. It has a clear, 

 loud note, and it seems to be rarely silent. I have generally 

 seen two or three together, almost always near the tops of trees. 

 I did not observe them much below the elevation of the station, 

 though on the upper slopes of the spurs running down towards 

 the Little Rungeet river they were abundant. 



451. Criniger flaveolus. White-throated Bulbul. 

 One specimen from the neighbourhood of the Great Rungeet 

 river. 



456. RuBiGULA FLAViVENTRis. Black-crcstcd Yellow Bulbul. 



I obtained several specimens, chiefly from the vicinity of the 

 Great Rungeet river. From a thicket on the bank, near the 

 cane bridge, a nest was brought to me on the 16th May, of 

 the ordinary cup-shape, made of fibres and leaves, and contain- 

 ing three eggs, which my shikaree said belonged to this species. 

 The eggs were of a dull pinkish hue, very thickly marked with 

 small specks and blotches of brownish-crimson. 



