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19. Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Andersson. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 345. 



This Bulbul is rather a scarce resident at Chinkiang. I 

 bought on July 7 a full-fledged nestling, which I kept 

 as a cage-bird. I was shown an empty nest placed high in 

 a hedge, but when I returned on June 5 to take the eggs it 

 had disappeared. 



20. Spizixos semitorques Swinhoe. 

 Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 345. 



This handsome Bulbul is a common resident, found both 

 on the lower wooded hills and in the plain. I have two 

 clutches of eggs. The first, consisting of four specimens, 

 was brought to me together with the remains of the nest on 

 June 12, 1903. The following year, on June 18, I took a 

 nest containing three fresh eggs from a small willow growing 

 on the edge of a pond between a bamboo-copse and a patch 

 of reeds. It was suspended between the trunk of the tree 

 and a thin twig that grew up nearly parallel to it, and was 

 very lightly fastened to the twig by a couple of tendrils and 

 a few cobwebs. It is a thin, flattish, and fragile-looking 

 cup, made of small twigs, tendrils, and a few seeded reed 

 flower-tops. The inner edge of the cup is made of the 

 last-named. It has a very thin lining of tendrils and human 

 hair ; one long weed-stalk hangs out from the edge, and a 

 certain amount of floss-silk is twisted amongst the outer 

 materials. It can be seen through in all its parts. The 

 outer height is about 3 in., the outer diameter about 5 in., 

 the inner depth 1^ in., and the inner diameter 2^ in. I 

 have another nest which was built by a pair of birds on a 

 small cypress in our garden. They began it on the 18th of 

 July, and finished it on the 21st. Both birds joined in the 

 work. They were by no means shy and were very noisy. 

 On the 26th the female was sitting on the nest, but next 

 day the birds had gone. They were probably frightened 

 away by cats, as the site was very much exposed and just 

 below a neighbour's roof. This nest is of the same style as 

 that described above. It is made of thin twigs, grass- 



