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and one egg not yet hatched, on April 27th. The nest is 

 usually rather small for the size of the bird. 



7. Otocompsa emeria. (Bengal Red-whiskered Bulbul.) 

 Not so common as the last-named (which it much resem- 

 bles in its habits) : resident and generally distributed. A 

 favourite situation for the nest is in the dead bushes which 

 are often tied round the trunks of fruit-trees to prevent 

 people climbing them ; and it is seldom built at any great 

 height above the ground. 



8. DicRURus ATER. (Black Drongo.) 



One of the commonest birds ; to be seen everywhere, the 

 telegraph-wires at the side of the railway being a favourite 

 perch. It is a resident species, and breeds during the end of 

 April and in May, usually building in babool-trees. I have 

 taken white unspotted eggs of this bird, but they are not 

 common. After the young are fledged and able to leave the 

 nest, they remain for some days perched in a row on a bough 

 near and are fed by the old ones, even after they can fly 

 fairly well. 



On bright moonlight nights these birds are often to be 

 heard singing and calling. 



9. DicRURUs LONGiCAUDATus. (Indian Ashy Drongo.) 

 Not very common. I have noticed this species only 



during the cold season, and am sure it does not breed in 

 the district. 



10. Chaptia iENEA. (Brouzcd Drongo.) 



Common, resident, and generally distributed throughout 

 the wooded parts of the country; in the open parts it is 

 seldom seen. An early breeder, often having full-grown 

 young by the middle of April, which sit outside the nest and 

 are fed by the old birds, like Dicruriis ater. Seldom more 

 than two eggs are found in the nest, which is very difficult 

 to find. 



11. Chibia hottentotta. (Hair-crested Drongo.) 



Very rare. I saw one which had been shot by a European 

 at Khardah. 



