28 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 



from its cage and coming back to it the next day. 

 I should say, that a hand-reared bird of this species 

 would be a charming pet, and in any case its tameness 

 and vocal powers strongly recommend it to the fancier. 

 I have never seen it wild, but it may not unfrequently 

 be bought in Calcutta. In confinement, at any rate, 

 it likes to roost at night in a hole instead of perching like 

 most Bulbuls. 



THE GREEN BULBULS, or Harewas, as they are called 

 by the natives, are classed in the Fauna, of British India 

 volumes among the Babblers, but Mr. E. C. S. Baker 

 has given good reasons for keeping them among the 

 Bulbuls still. In this I thoroughly agree ; these birds 

 have the characteristic short legs of Bulbuls, and they do 

 not use their feet in feeding as Babblers do. However, 

 they are certainly very different in some respects from 

 the typical Bulbuls, though they do not thereby approach 

 the Babblers at all. They have no trace of a crest, their 

 bills are long and curved, and they have a long tongue, 

 which they protrude to suck up liquid food. They are 

 much more active on their feet among the twigs than 

 other Bulbuls, and have a stronger and more vigorous flight. 

 They are not rare birds, but their colour makes them 

 hard to see among the trees. 



THE GOLD-FRONTED HAREWA (CMoropsis aurifrons) 

 is the best known of them all ; it has a wide range through 

 the sub-Himalayan tracts, Eastern Bengal, and Burma, 

 extending to Cambodia. Moreover, it is often caged, and 

 may commonly be bought in Calcutta. The figure 

 (Fig. 5) on Plate V will give an idea of its general form, 



