CHAPTER XV, 



THE BULBULS. 



WE eome now to the short-legged Thrushes, which 

 have little 

 business on 

 the ground, 

 but live 

 amongtrees 

 and feed 

 much on 

 fruit. The 

 Orioles and 

 Bulbuls aie 

 included in 

 this group, 

 and the first 

 place be- 

 longs b y 

 right to 

 everybody's 

 familiar 

 friend, the 

 Common 

 B u 1 b u 1. 

 This is not 

 the Bulbul 



of Lalla Rookh. Whether that musical creature has 

 any existence in Persia I cannot say, but the Bulbul of 

 India is not a musician. It is only a happy bird, to 

 which nature has given a cheery voice and a merry 



Common and Red-whiskered Bulbuls. 



