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Mocking Bird {Mimus polyglottus). 

 Range. Southern United States from the Atlantic to the high 

 centra] plains; locally migratory. 

 Food. Insects and fruit. 



Cuban Mocking Bird {Mimus orpheus). 

 Range. Jamaica, Porto Rico, Haiti, Cuba. 



Saturnine Mocking Bird {Mimus saturninus). 

 Range. Brazil. 



( rreat Til ( Parus major). 

 Range. Widely distributed in the Palaearctic Region. Locally 

 migrating but mostly resident. 

 Food. Insects and seeds. 



Pekin Robin {Liothrix htteus). 



Range. Himalayas from Simla to Bhutan; extending also into 

 China ; resident. 



According to E. \V. Oates the food of this bird consists of 

 berries, fruit, seeds, and insects. 



Pied Grallina {GfraUina australis). 

 Range. Australia, generally distributed. 

 Food. Insects {Gould). 



White-eared Bulbul {Pycnonotus leuconotus). 

 Range. Persia ; Sind, the Punjab, the X.YV. Provinces of 

 India, and Central India as far east as Hoshargabad. 



White-cheeked Bulbul {Pycnonotus leucogenys). 

 Range. Afghanistan ; the Himalayas from Murree to Bhutan, 

 up to 7000 ft. 



Bed-vented Rulbul {Pycnonotus hcemorrhous). 

 Range. Ceylon ; India roughly to the foot of the Himalayas. 

 According to E. W. Oates the Indian species of Bulbuls feed 

 chiefly upon fruit. 



Syrian Bulbul {Pycnonotus xanthopygus). 

 Range. N.E. Africa, Arabia, Palestine, Cyprus. 



Black-crested Bulbul {Otocompsa flaviventris). 



Range. Nepal to Cochin China. 



In the course of my experiments I noticed that Bulbuls of 

 different species were very keen on butterflies ; of beetles and 

 crawling insects generally they took little if any notice; but the 

 moment a butterfly was let loose in the aviary they were all on 

 the move. From this 1 infer that they are great butterfly- 

 hunters in their own countries. 



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