THE HAREWA 



(CHLOROPSIS AURIFRONS) 



Nothing more conforms to an Indian's 

 standard of a cag^e- bird than that it should 

 be tiny enough to suit a small, easily 

 portable wicker-cage, and have a sweet 

 voice. [f these qualities be accompanied 

 with beauty of plumage, the bird passes 

 the highest test that is demanded of a 

 caged pet. The Harewa, or the Gold-fronted 

 Green Bulbul, is just the bird of this sort. 

 Its dimension hardly exceeds that of an 

 ordinary Bulbul. It has a varied song, witli 

 continual notes, which though not equal 

 in sweetness and intensity to that of the 

 Shama or the Dhayal, is yet pretty and 

 cheerful. Its attempts at mimicry are 

 laudable and, an untiring chorister as it is, 

 it is put to the necessity of culling and 

 borrowing notes from the store-houses of 

 other birds. Its leaf-green plumage is indeed 

 a thing of pride to its owner, and serves 



