94 PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



East Bengal, the Khasi hills, Manipur and 

 the neighbouring States through which 

 its ranofe extends to Burma. There is a 

 different species inhabiting the Deccan from 

 Khandalla southwards up -to Travancore 

 and Ceylon. 



Removed though it is from the Bulbul 



by a wide l3erth, the Harewa is as fussy 



and active as the former in its 



arboreal haunts. Like the Bul- 



notes 



bul, it is a familiar bird in the 

 localities to which its ran2:e extends, fre- 

 quenting gardens, orchards, and compounds. 

 It is not uncommon in the forests and 

 wooded districts, and its continual chirrup- 

 ins: is not unrecoo'nised alonir the roads 

 which pass through heavy jungles, yielding 

 ample relaxation to the nerves of the 

 weary traveller tramping tedious miles 

 without a companion. Though the 



continual notes of the bird betray its where- 

 abouts, it is not easy to spcjt it when 

 it is assiduously foraging among the leaves 

 of lofty trees or flitting aljout among 



