294 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OKNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



from gape, 1*2 to 1*25 ; bill at front, 0*95 to 1"0 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 2'4 to 2-8. 



Four females. — Length, 9*3 to 10*5 ; expanse, 13-3 to 14 ; 

 wing, 4*5 to 4*7 ; tail, 4-1 to 4-3 ; bill from gape, 1-2 to 

 1'25 ; bill at front, 0"96 to 1'02 ; closed wings short of tailj 

 2-0 to 2-4. 



Bill and feet bright coral red ; irides dark brown ; claws 

 horny brown. 



This species is abundant in the valley of Nepal, and is a 

 permanent resident there ; it is also common in winter in 

 the Chitlang Valley and on the slopes of Sisagarhi. In the 

 valley it frequents the central woods and the forests at the 

 foot of the hills, never ascending higher than about 6,000 feet^ 

 It is social, except in the breeding season (May and June) , 

 fearless, and very noisy, having a variety of notes. It is 

 chiefly found near the tops of trees, and is certainly more 

 arboreal in its habits than H. maccleUandi. 



447.— Hypsipetes maccleUandi, Horsf. 



Six males. — Length, 9'25 to 10 ; expanse, 12*5 to 13"3 ; 

 wing, 4-3 to 4-5 ; tail, 41 to 4-6 ; tarsus, 0-65 to 0-75 ; bill 

 from gape, 1*1 to 1"25 ; bill at front, 0*8 to 0'9 ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 2-2 to 2-6. 



Five females. — Length, 9*0 to 9'8 ; expanse, 11'8 to 13'3 ; 

 wing, 4-0 to 4-25 ; tail, 4-1 to 44 ; tarsus, 0-7 to 0-7o ; 

 bill from gape, 1'05 to 1-3 ; bill at front, 0*79 to 0*85 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 2*2 to 2 6. 



Bill blackish above, livid grey horny below ; irides brownish 

 red or dark red ; feet fleshy brown ; claws brown horny. 

 Head dark brown ; the nape paler, and all the feathers of these 

 parts with light grey centres ; edge of wing buffy yellow ;> 

 inner webs of the quills dusky, with a pale margin on the 

 basal two-thirds ; the shafts of the tail feathers black above, 

 pale greenish yellow below. 



This Bulbul is common throughout the year on the hills 

 round the valley of Nepal, but never tenants the central woods. 

 It is generally found in bushes and bushy trees, not in high 

 tree forest ; and is commonly seen in pairs. The breeding 

 season appears to be May and June. A nest was taken on 

 the 6th June, which contained two fresh eggs. The nest 

 •was somewhat oval in shape, measuring 3*35 in length and 

 2'5 across ; the egg cavity was about 1 inch deep in the centre, 

 and the bottom of the nest 1'25 thick. It was attached to 

 a slender fork of a tree, and was composed externally of ferns, 

 dry leaves, roots, grass, and a little moss, bound together with 

 fine black hair-like fibres which were wound round the 



