PYCNONOTINJE. 187 



Crown of head, occiput and throat, bluish-grey; forehead 

 siskin-green ; back, wings, and plumage beneath, oil-green, lighter 

 towards the vent ; feathers of the rump light yellowish-green, 

 broadly streaked with black ; tail with the centre feathers green- 

 ish, broadly edged with grey ; lateral feathers black, also grey- 

 edged ; under tail-coverts light-grey. 



The Grey-headed Bulbul is not uncommon in the forests south- 

 west of Belgaum. It has not been recorded from any other 

 portion of the region. 

 It is a permanent resident in the locality indicated. 



GENUS, Otocompsa, Cabanis. 



Bill short or moderate, slightly curved ; rictus bristled ; the 

 head black, with an erectile pointed crest ; the upper plumage 

 brown, and the under tail-coverts yellow or red. 



Otocompsa leucotis, Gould. 



459. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 91 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 473 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 135. 



THE WHITE-EARED CRESTED BULBUL. 



Length, 7 ; wing, 3*5; tail, 3'25; tarsus, 075; bill at front, 

 045. 



Whole head and neck black, passing into rich brown on the 

 neck ; ear-coverts, and a patch below them, white, edged black ; 

 upper plumage earthy-brown ; tail brown at the base, the 

 terminal half blackish-brown, with the edges white, most broadly 

 so on the outer feathers ; beneath, from the breast, whity-brown ; 

 the under tail-coverts rich saffron yellow. 



The White-eared Crested Bulbul is a very common permanent 

 resident in Sind, and is far from being uncommon in Guzerat ; 

 it does not occur in the Deccan. They breed from May to 

 August ; the nests are usually built in dense tamarisk thickets, 

 (occasionally in babool trees), four or five feet from the ground. 

 The nests are composed of fine twigs and roots, scantily lined 

 with fine grass. They are cup-shaped, slenderly, but compactly 

 built. The eggs, three or four in number, are longish ovals 

 pointed at one end, reddish- white in color, spotted, streaked, 

 and blotched with brownish purplish-red. 



They measure 0'82 inches in length by 0'64 in breadth. * J*jfa*L 



Otocompsa fuscicaudata, Gould. 



460fris. Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 473; 



Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 402. 



THE SOUTHERN RED-WHISKERED BULBUL. 



Length, 8; expanse, 11; wing, 375; tail, 3'9 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; 

 bill at front, 0'5. 



Head, with crest, black ; ear-coverts white, with a tuft of glossy 





