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jects forward over the nostrils, but quite clear of them. 

 Unfortunately, this charming bird — though so common 

 in its own country — is very seldom imported ; which 

 accounts for the fact that it does not appear in the last 

 List of Animals at the London Zoo between the years 

 1883 and 1895, although it has been on exhibition 

 there previously. 



The Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul also has a long 

 pointed crest like the species just considered ; but its 

 greatest attraction is a tuft of crimson feathers spring- 

 ing from beneath bolh eyelids. The upper plumage 

 is earthy brown ; head, black ; cheeks and abdomen, 

 white ; under tail-coverts, crimson. This bird is 

 found in the Himalayas, but also extends over the 

 greater part of the plains of India. I have seen it in 

 Burma and in the Malay Peninsula ; and it is found 

 as far East as China. To show how birds get taken to 

 all parts of the world, I saw a pair of Red-whiskered 

 Bulbuls in South America last year, which had just 

 arrived on a cooly-ship from Calcutta. Though con- 

 fined in a small cage measuring less than a cubic foot, 

 and in spite of the fact that the voyage had lasted 

 about three months, the birds were in perfect condition. 

 Does not this speak volumes for the hardiness of Bul- 

 buls? This pair were quite innocently described as 

 " Nightingales," and the price asked was £^. At 

 Lucknow, a pair of these birds nested in my garden 

 in a small bush about three feet from the ground, 

 within five yards of my bungalow. Three pinkish- 

 white eggs were laid in a rather flimsy nest of twigs, 

 and two young were hatched and reared. My bed 

 was carried outside at night (which is the custom on 

 the plains of India in the hot weather, until the mon- 



