26 GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS. 



cheeks and have buff under the tail where the red will 

 show later. 



Where Bulbuls have to be kept away from a garden, it 

 is worth while to keep this species in an aviary, for it is 

 active as well as showy, and sufficiently striking to look 

 well in confinement. The Red-vented Bengal and other 

 dark species look rather dingy when shut up ; like so 

 many birds, they only look their best at large. 



THE BLACK-CRESTED YELLOW BULBUL (Otocompsa 

 flaviventris). This bird has a peak-crest like the last one, 

 and is of about the same size, but very different in colour, 

 having very fluffy plumage of an olive-yellow all over, 

 except the head which is glossy black ; the bill and feet 

 are black as in Bulbuls generally, but the eyes, instead 

 of being dark as usual, are bright yellow, which gives the 

 bird a very wicked look. This does not belie its disposi- 

 tion, for it is more quarrelsome than other Bulbuls, al- 

 though its bill and feet are smaller in proportion, and is 

 apt to bully both its own kind and others. It therefore 

 needs a little looking after, but it is worth some trouble, as 

 it is not only striking in appearance but much tamer than 

 Bulbuls are generally. It is rather widely distributed in 

 India, but local ; and only a few specimens turn up from 

 time to time in captivity. Few have been sent to Eng- 

 land, so that it is worth taking home. The same consi- 

 deration applies to 



THE WHITE-CHEEKED BULBUL (Molpastes leucogenys) 

 which is, however, a common bird along our hills from 

 Murree to Bhutan, up to about 7,000 feet elevation. It 

 is very common and tame in Kashmir, and is known in 



