9O THE BULBULS. 



the white of the throat more conspicuous. The head 

 and crest are black, and it has the red patch under the 

 tail which belongs to the livery of the family. Its 

 nests and eggs are very like those of the common 

 Bulbul and may be found at any time of the year. 



In the preface to these papers I mentioned that I 

 once bought a pair of Persian (or Sind) Bulbuls in the 

 Crawford Market, one of which escaped, but appeared 

 in the garden next day with a companion. I have 

 since heard that this bird is often to be seen now on 

 Malabar Hill, and I have seen a pair myself across the 

 harbour, so I suppose it is in a fair way to become one 

 of the birds of Bombay. This bird is very like the Red- 

 whiskered Bulbul, but the cheeks are broadly white, 

 not red, and the patch under the tail is yellow. Next 

 there is a second cousin, which Jerdon calls the White- 

 browed Bush Bulbul (Ixos luteolus). This is a clumsier 

 bird than the other Bulbuls, uncrested and clad in an 

 una?sthetic garb of brownish-greenish olive, passing 

 into dusky greenish-yellowish white on the under parts. 

 There is no bright colour about it, not even under its 

 modest tail, but its eyebrows are conspicuously white. 

 It goes about the garden in pairs and every now and 

 then utters a loud, abrupt, rattling, but mellifluous 

 snatch of a song. This bird is not found generally 

 throughout India, but affects certain localities, and one 

 of these localities is the island of Bombay. Nowhere 

 have I found it more common. Its nest and eggs are 

 very like those of the Common Bulbul, but it is a 

 much deeper bird and will neither build where any 

 crow may find, nor betray its secret by coming and 

 going when an enemy is looking on. It usually 

 builds on a swinging branch near the ground. 



