BULBULS 



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In the Maroka District of the Orange Free State and 

 parts of Basutoland, where these birds are exceedingly 

 common, the natives build mounds of turf sods at various 

 points of vantage in the fields, from whence lumps of clay are 

 thrown with switches to scare away the feathered marauders. 

 Shouting and the beating of empty tins is also resorted to. 



We will treat of them more fully under the heading of 

 " Bird Architects." 



BULBULS 



The true Bulbuls (Pycnonotus), of which South Africa 



Fig. 47. — Cape Bulbul at nest. 



possesses four species, live almost exclusively on fruits 

 and berries, so they can hardly be termed anything but 



