52 Lieut, R. E. Vaughan and StafF-Surg. K. H. Jones 



The eggs vary from two to six in number but are usually 

 three or four, and are of the common Bulbul type. 



This species, like the other breeding Bulbuls, is double- 

 brooded. 



Eggs vary in length from "94 to '77 , and in breadth from 

 ■70 to -63 ; they average -89 X -65. (See Plate V. fig. 21 of 

 the April number.) 



Pycnonotus sinensis. 



The Chinese name is '' Pak Tau Long/' ?'. e. " the white- 

 headed fellow." 



The White-eared Bulbul is tlie commonest of the three 

 breeding Bulbuls found in the area under discussion, and is 

 equally abundant on the coast and inland. It has a 

 partiality for the lower levels, for cultivated land, and 

 for the neighl)ourhoo(l of houses and gardens. 



In the winter months the numbers of this species are 

 largely augmented by the arrival of migrants from further 

 north, and in November and December considerable flocks 

 are seen, and again, in ]\Iarch and April, when many move 

 away for the summer. During the rest of the year they are 

 seen in small parties or in pairs. 



The bird has a small and very monotonous song, which it 

 continually repeats at all times of the year, and perhaps more 

 persistently during the summer months. 



The food consists partly of insects and partly of seeds and 

 berries, but this Bulbul is almost omnivorous. It captures 

 insects in the air exactly after the manner of a Flycatcher, 

 returning always to the perch from which it started. 



The nest is a slight aflair, somewhat resembling that of 

 a White-throat, and usually light can be seen through the 

 bottom. It generally contains some wild cotton, and is 

 sometimes lined with fine grass and sometimes with horse- 

 hair ; it is placed in a bush or tree at elevations of from 

 three to twenty feet above the ground, and when hidden in a 

 dense mass of creepers is difficult to see. 



The eggs are usually three, sometimes four and rarely five. 



