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(411) Otocompsa emeria fuscicaudata. 

 THJE SOUTHERN EED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 



Otocompsa fuscicaudata Gould, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 664 (Madras) ; 

 Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 277. 



Vernacular names. Phari-bulbul (Hind.); Turalca pi<jli-pitta 

 (Tel.) ; Konda-Kloti-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. Iris brown ; bill, legs and feet black. 



Measurements. A rather smaller bird than the northern ; wing 

 83 to 90 mm. and other measurements in proportion. 



Distribution. South India, meeting the last form in South 

 Orissa and Western Bengal ; the whole of the Western Ghats to 

 Eiijputana and in Central India to the Central Provinces and 

 Behar. 



Nidification. Similar to that of 0. 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 16'1 mm. and the extremes are 24*6 x 

 16-4. ^-6 x 18-0 and 19'9 X 15'0 mm. They are like those of the 

 last bird, but vary even less than they do. The breeding season is 

 chieriy in March and April but many nests may be found from 

 February to August and odd ones in almost any month of the 

 year. They 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 aud frequently breed in creepers on 

 verandahs and house walls. 



Habits. The Southern Eed-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. 

 THE BURMESE EED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 



Vernacular names. Boh-ka-lone (Burmese). 



Description. Similar to the Southern Eed-whiskered Bulbul 

 but with broad fulvous-white tips to the tail-feathers as in emeria. 

 In 0. 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. 



