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The nest is a cup of coarse grass 

 tops with the flower spikes attached 

 lined with fine roots. The eggs are 

 yellowish white, spotted and blotched 

 with lavender and gray. 



Notes. — This very common bird 

 gathers in loose flocks during the 

 winter. It is very fond of feeding on 

 the fruit of the China-berry tree 

 (Melia azedarach), visiting the tree 

 several times during the day, eating 

 only one or two berries each time. It 

 has a very sweet bubbling song. 



The Yellow Vented Bulhtd, (Pycnon- 

 otus xanthorrous) is a much rarer bird , 

 keeping almost entirely to the hills. 

 The upper plumage is brown, and the 

 spot behind the eye has a brownish 

 cast, but the most striking mark is 

 the bright yellow of the under tail 

 coverts, from which it takes its 

 popular name. 



WHITE-HEADED BLACK 

 BULBUL. 



HYSIPETES LEUCOCEPHALUS, (gm). 



Description. — Length nine and one 

 half inches. Bill and tarsus orange red. 

 Iris brown. 



The head and neck are white. 

 The rest of the body above is black, 

 excepting some white on the point of 

 the wing. The under parts are a very 

 dark gray, with some of the feathers of 

 the middle breast, abdomen, and lower 

 tail coverts, tipped white. 



Young birds are grayish all over. 



Distribution. — Central and south 

 China, resident in the hills of the 



