PHYLLORNITHINZ. 189 
more or less edged paler, and the pale edging often extends to 
the darker feathers of the hind-head and nape, giving it a speckled 
appearance; rump somewhat cinerascent; upper tail-coverts 
white; beneath, from the top of the breast, brown, edged with 
ash, paling posteriorly, and becoming albescent on the lower 
abdomen and vent; under tail-coverts crimson; wings smoky- 
brown; tail brownish-black, tipped with white, except the cen- 
tral pair. 
The Common Madras Bulbul is very abundant throughout the 
region, except in Upper Sind, where it is very rare ; it is a per- 
manent resident and breeds from April to October, rearing at 
least two broods in the year. The nest is generally built on a 
low bush or fruit tree, rarely at any great height from the ground. 
It is neatly but lightly made, cup-shaped, and is composed of 
grass stems, lined with finer grass, and occasionally with hair. 
The eggs, three or four in number, are rather longish ovals in 
shape, pinkish-white in color, speckled, blotched, streaked and 
clouded with red and purplish-red. They average 0:9 inches in 
length by 0°68 in breadth. 
Sus-raMiLy, Phyllornithine. 
Bill slightly lengthened, more or less curved, of variable 
strength ; wings moderate; tail short; tarsus and feet short, 
stout. Of a beautiful grass-green color, more or less adorned 
with various glistening blue patches on the throat and shoulders 
of the wings. 
Genus, Phyllornis, Bove. 
Bill moderate or rather long; culmen keeled, and more or less 
curved ; tip bent down and notched ; nostrils basal, lengthened ; 
wings moderately long, with the fourth and fifth quills sub-equal, or 
the fourth longest ; tail moderate, or rather short, even; tarsus 
short, smooth. 
Phyllornis jerdoni, Blyth. 
463.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 97; Butler, Deccan; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 403. 
THE CoMMON GREEN BULBUL. 
Peli 725; wing, 35; tail, 2°75; tarsus, 0°78; bill at front, 
Bill dusky ; irides light-brown ; legs plumbeous. 
Male, pale grass-green ; shoulder-patch pale shining-blue ; quills 
dusky internally ; chin, throat and gorget, deep-black, surrounded 
by a greenish-yellow band, which extends through the eyes to 
the forehead ; maxillary streak hyacinth-blue, short. 
The female has the parts that are black in the male light bluish- 
green, surrounded by the yellowish band, and the maxillary streak 
light-azure, 
