THE FATIK-JAL 111 



It is greatly sought after by bird-lovers 

 who bestow on it much tender care, The 

 reason is two-fold. It is, in the first place, 

 a bird of beautiful plumage^ — an attribute 

 not found in all song-birds. Its green, set 

 off by yellow, makes it very attractive. 

 Secondly, there is an irresistible charm 

 in the appealing sweetness of its voice 

 which ranges from a loud and clear fluty 

 octave to a very low, tender, almost melan- 

 choly wdiistle. 



The Fatik-jal is a resident bird all over 



India except Sind, Kajputana, and the 



Punjab. In Southern India it 



, . is numerous in the plains as also 



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in the hills all alono; the We- 

 stern Ghats except Southern Travancore. 

 It does not generally ascend the hills 

 to more than 3,000 ft., but it has been 

 recorded in Ootacamund. Eastwards from 

 the Northern frin2:es of the Y/estern 

 Ghats, it is found in the Central Provinces, 

 Chotanagpur extending to Oudh, and the 

 low^er ranges of the Himalayas up to Assam 

 in the East. It is a common bird all over 



