62 THE FOOD OP BIBDS IN INDIA. 



Insectivorous. Insects in flowers of Simul tree. B. N. H. S. 

 J., X, 459. 



262. Hypocolius ampelinus. Grey Hypocolius. Chiefly 

 fruits ; legs and wings of beetles, but does not take them on 

 ground or on wing. B. N. H. S. J., XII, 761. 



BRACHYPODIN^E. 



BULBULS. 



Bulbuls feed largely on fruit, but also devour insects, in doing 

 which they do not use their feet to hold their prey, but depend 

 entirely on their beaks. A. S. B. J., LXVI, 614. Common and 

 Green Bulbuls feed on white ants. B. N. H. S. J., X, 303. 

 Common Bulbul feeds on worms. B. N. H. S. J., VIIJ, 210. 



In the Shevaroys (Madras), a species of Bulbul, or perhaps 

 more than one species, does some corsiderable damage to the coffee 

 berries in some plantations during the cold months, October to 

 March, when the berries are ripening. The attacks do not, however, 

 occur year after year but seem to be regulated by the bird's food 

 supply in its usual haunts. The coffee is attacked when the bulbul'g 

 food supply fails elsewhere. 



Criniger. Feed on fruit, berries varied with insects. F. I., 

 I, 255. 



263, C. flaveolvs. White- throated Bulbul. More exclusively 

 fruit than other bulbuls. B. N. H. S. J.. IV, 4. Entirely on fruit. 

 Jerd. B. I., II, 84. 



267. Trtcholestes criniger. Hairy-backed Bulbul. Insects 

 appear to be the principal food. F. I., I, 258. 



269. Hypsipetes psaroides. Himalayan Black Bulbul. 

 Nectar in flowers of Rhododendron arboreum, from which it 

 also obtains insects. It is fond of wild Mulberries and cherries. 

 Fruits and berries. Jerd. B. I., II, 78. 



Fruit and nectar contained in the large flowers of such trees 

 as Rhododendrons. F. I., I, 261. 



