Descriptive List of tJie Common Birds 



sings a sweet little song. The nest is a beauti- 

 ful little cup suspended from a forked branch. 

 Two pale blue egges are usually laid. (Illus. 

 G.B.,p.96.) 



13. ^githina tiphia : The Common lora. 

 (F.243),(J.468),(-I.) 



Cock : (a) In summer upper plumage, wings, 

 and tail are black ; lower parts bright yellow. 

 There are two white bars in the wing. 



(b) In winter the black parts of the head and 

 back are replaced by yellowish green. 



Hen : Upper parts, wings, and tail green ; 

 lower parts yellow. Two white bars in the 

 wing. 



This species has a sweet song. It does 

 not occur in the Frontier Province or the 

 Punjab. " A Httle bird," writes Eha, " like a 

 tomtit, in black and yellow, followed by its 

 mate in green and yellow, can be nothing else 

 than the lora." Builds at the beginning of 

 the hot weather a very neat and tiny cup- 

 shaped nest. (Illus. B. B., p. 91, also G. B., 

 p. 64.) 



The Bulbuls, 14-22 



14. Chloropsisjerdoni. The Common Green 

 Bulbul, or Jerdon's Chloropsis. (F. 252), 



a- 463), ( - no 



