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immediate vicinity of the nest, though there may be nests of other 
genera within a very few feet of it. They get extraordinarily 
tame and I have frequently had pairs of wild birds, with nests in 
my garden, who would take white ants from within a few inches 
of ny fingers and who never thought of leaving their nests when 
I took tit-bits of food to them or their chicks, 
(404) Molpastes hemorrhous intermedius. 
THe PunsaB RED-VENTED BULBUL. 
Pycnonotus intermedius Jerdon, B. of L., ii, p. 95 (1867) (Murree). 
Molpastes intermedius, Blanf. & Oates, 1, p. 272. 
Vernacular names. Aala painja (Chamba). 
Description. Only differs from the last race in having the black 
of the head not extending to the back or upper breast. The ear- 
coverts are chocolate-brown as in the Bengal bird but the general 
appearance is decidedly paler. 
Measurements. Wing 92 to 105 mm. It isa decidedly smaller 
bird than Lengalensis, very few birds having the wing as much as 
100 mm. 
Distribution. The lower ranges of the Himalayas from the 
extreme North-West to about Murree, the Simla Hills, Kashmir 
and the North of the Punjab. Birds from Western Oudh and West 
Bengal are intermediate between this and the last race. 
Nidification. Similar to that of the last race but it lays three eggs 
more often than four and the eggs themselves do 1iot seem to go 
through nearly as wide a variation. The birds breed from May to 
July at all heights up to about 5,000 feet or higher. Forty eggs 
average 22°2 x 16°3 mm. 
Habits similar to those of J. h, bengalensis. 
(405) Molpastes leucogenys leucogenys. 
THe WHITE-CHEEKED BULBUL. 
Brachypus leucogenys Gray, Hardw. Ill. Ind. Zool., ii, p. 35 (1850) 
(Darjiling). 
Molpastes leucogenys. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 272. 
Vernacular names. Manglio-kur or Mankliph-hkur (Lepcha) ; 
Kundghara (Beng.) ; Painju (Chamba). 
Description. Forehead and crest bair-brown, each feather 
narrowly edged with greyish white; lores black, with a white line 
above them; cheeks, round the eye, chin and throat black ; ear- 
coverts white, with a black patch behind them and another patch 
below them striped white and brown; upper plumage olive-brown, 
the hinder part and sides of the neck barred with blackish, and 
the centres of the feathers brown; wings brown, the feathers 
edged with olive-brown ; tail brown on the basal half, black on the 
terminal half and all the feathers except the two middle ones tipped 
