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VI 



THE GREEN DULBUL5 AND OTHERS. 



The Chloropsis are a family of birds nearly related to the true 

 bulbuls, as they have the same short legs. They are very handsome 

 birds with bright green plumage and richly coloured markings. 

 They are birds which keep to the high trees and often not noticed 

 ov\ino- to thsir green colouring; and are more often heard than seen 

 as tl ey have a fine series of notes and are great mimics. Three 

 kinds are found in Burma and are not rare by any means. 



(i) The Gold-fronted Chloropsis. (No. 247. C. aurifrons). 

 Has its forehead a rich gold, chin and throat blue, and points of the 

 shoulder bright turquoise blue. 



(2) The Orange-hetlied Chloropsis. (No. 249. C. hardewickii). 

 Forehead greenish yellow, abdomen golden brown. 



(3) The Burmese Chloropsis. (No. 250. C. chlorocephela;. 

 Forehead greenish yellow, abdomen green, outer wing feathers blue. 



They are all about the same size being eight inches in length and 

 build cradle-like nests suspended from twigs at a good height from 

 the ground, and lay eggs very much of the bulbul type. 



THE COMMON lORA. 



This is a. common little bird indeed and is to be found all over 

 the plains, every compound having one or more pairs. It is not .^o 

 olten seen as heard as the plumage generally harmonises so well 

 with its surroundings. It has a very hue series of whistling notes 

 and various calls, so utterly unlike each other, that one might think 

 they were those of different birds. It is small greenish tit-like bird 

 about five-and-a-half inches in length. During the breeding season 

 the cock is a very gaudy litt'e person, his head and back black, 

 lower back greenish yellow, tail black and breast bright canary 

 yellow, black and white wings. llie cock in the non-breeding 

 season, and hen at all times have the upper plumage greenish yellow 

 and lower parts dull yellow. 



Although it is such a common little bird it is rarely noticed, but 

 its fine whistling notes can b3 heard nearly all day during the nesting 

 season ; and is one of the commonest birds of Rangoon. It budds a 

 neat little n^st of grasses covered wath cob-webs in any convenient 

 tree generally at a good height from the ground, laying three small 

 white eggs with greyish or purplish spots and streaks. Its Burmese 

 name, Shw:-pi-so, almost reproduces in sound one of its numerous 

 whistling notes. 



Burmese name — Shive-p)i-so. 



(No. 233. M. tiphia.) 



