114 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



This Bulbul is resident in Kohat, and breeds freely in the 

 Station and in the orchards round about. 



[285.] MoLPASTEs LEUcoTis. The White-eared Bulbul. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common in February 

 and March, a few pairs staying to breed) ; Marshall, op. cit. 

 xiv. p. 602 (a few occur in March and April); Gumming, 

 op. cit. xvi. p. 686 (Seistan : saw several which appeared to 

 be of this species, but failed to secure any) . 



In July 1905 Major Magrath found a pair of Bulbuls 

 nesting in his garden which he took to be of the present 

 species. At that time he concluded that this bird in 

 summer replaced the last as the breeding species in Kohat 

 and w'as unaware^ as we subsequently discovered {vide note 

 on the last species), that M. leucofjenys bred commonly in and 

 around Kohat. Unfortunately we did not critically study 

 the Bulbuls at that time, and not having since spent a 'Miot- 

 weathcr''^ in Kohat wc have not had an opportunity of 

 collecting any examples of the present species. According 

 to Major Magrath, the note of this bird is well represented 

 by the foUowiug words repeated rapidly : " Quick — a drink 

 with you ?^' 



[MoLPASTES MAGRATHi. Magratli's Bulbul. 



Whitehead, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 48 (1908). 



In February 1907 Major Magrath sent a skin of a Bulbul 

 obtained in the Bannu District to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. The 

 latter and other eminent ornithologists who examined it, 

 finding that there was nothing exactly like it in the National 

 Collection, were of opinion that it belonged to a new species. 

 This opinion was further strengthened by the arrival of three 

 more specimens collected by Major Magrath in the same 

 locality. These all agreed more or less with the fii^st ex- 

 ample sent, except that the black of the breast in one 

 was clearly defined from the whitish lower parts, instead of 

 graduating into them as in the other specimens. At a 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club held on the 

 15th of January, 1908, I exhibited these specimens and 



