396 PYCNONOTID®. 
(411) Otocompsa emeria fuscicaudata. 
A : 
THE SOUTHERN RED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 
Olocompsa fuscicaudata Gould, P.Z.8., 1865, p. 664 (Madras) ; 
Blant. & Oates, 1, p. 277. 
Vernacular names. Phari-bulbul (Hind.); Zuraka pigli-pitta 
(Tel.) ; Konda-Klotti-Kurari (Travancore). 
Description. Differs from the Bengal bird in being much duller 
brown above, in having the necklace complete on the breast or 
only very slightly interrupted and in having no white tips to the 
tail-feathers. 
Colours of soft parts. tris brown; bill, legs and feet black. 
Measurements. A rather smaller bird than the northern; wing 
83 to 90 mm. and other measuremeuts in proportion. 
Distribution. South India, meeting the last form in South 
Orissa and Western Bengal; the whole of the Western Ghats to 
Rajputana and in Central India to the Central Provinces and 
Behar. 
Nidification. Similar to that of O. e. emeria but it lays only 
two or three eggs in a clutch and more often two than three. 
Fifty eggs average 22°3 x 16°lmm. and the extremes are 24°6 x 
16-4, 22°6 x 18-0 and 19°9x15°0 mm. They are like those of the 
last bird, but vary even less than they do. The breeding season is 
chietly in March and April but many nests may be found from 
February to August and odd ones in almost any month of the 
year. hey breed up to at least 7,000 feet and are more entirely 
restricted to gardens and cultivation than the Bengal bird. They 
are extremely confiding and frequently breed in creepers on 
verandahs and house walls. 
Habits. The Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul is in the South 
the same as its Bengal cousin is in the North. Cheerful, energetic, 
confiding and ubiquitous, it is almost as common as the Sparrow 
at home in England and infinitely more pleasing. 
(412) Otocompsa emeria peguensis, subsp. nov. 
Tur BurmMese Rep-wHISKERED BurBUL. 
Vernacular names. Boh-ka-lone (Burmese). 
Description. Similar to the Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul 
but with broad fulvous-white tips to the tail-feathers as in emeria. 
In O. e. fuscicaudata the brown of the back is perhaps not quite 
so dull as it is in this form, a faint tinge of ochre-red showing 
in some lights. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel; legs, feet and bill black. 
Measurements. This is the smallest of the three races; wing 
75 to 85 mm., in one case 88 mm.; tail 77 to 81 mm. 
