AND NORTHERN GUZERAT. 473 



[Common, throughout the entire region. — A. 0. H.] 



459.— Otocompsa leucotis, Gould. 



The White-eared Crested Bulbul is a bird of local distribu- 

 tion, and I have only observed it in certain places. It fre- 

 quents low bush jungle growing out in the open plains, and 

 generally occurs in pairs. I have seen a few pairs near Deesa. 

 Further north in parts of Rajpootana I am informed that it is 

 common. I never saw it on the hills. 



[Pretty common throughout the entire region, except only in 

 the purely desert tracts. — A. 0. H.] 



460 bis.— Otocompsa, fuscicaudata, Gould. 



The southern Red-whiskered Bulbul is very common at Mount 

 Aboo, but does not occur, so far as my experience goes, in the 

 plains. It breeds in March, April, and May, in each of Avhich 

 months I have taken nests. It builds a neat cup-shaped nest 

 of fibrous roots and dry grass stems lined with fine grass, 

 and occasionally a few horse hairs. It is placed usually in 

 some low bush (Carissa carounda very often) about 4 or 5 feet 

 from ground, and has almost invariably a few lumps of some 

 woolly substance like spiders' nests stuck round the edge 

 and about the outside. The eggs which are very beautiful, 

 are fully described Nests and Eggs Rough Draft, p. 288. The 

 lateral tail feathers (N & E. loc cit.) have no white tippings as 

 in 0. emeria, Shaw. 



[Unknown throughout the rest of the region. This is quite 

 the most northern point to which this species attains. — A. O. H.] 



462.— Molpastes pusillus, Bhjth. 



The Common Madras Bulbul abounds all over the hills aud 

 iu every part of the plains that I have visited. I have seen 

 nests at Aboo in every month of the hot weather. 



[Common at Sambhur and in the eastern portions of Jodhpoor 

 very common in Cutch and Kattiawar. In western Jodhpoor, 

 occurs for the most part only in the rains, and does not, so far 

 as is yet known, extend to Sindh at all. — A. 0. H.] 



467. — Iora zeylonica, Gmel. 



The Black-headed ^Egithtna (I do not pretend to discuss the 

 question of the distinctness or otherwise of this and tiphia, Lin.), 

 is rare in the plains and b} r no means common on the hills. I 

 did not often meet with it at Aboo. 



[The same remarks apply precisely to this species as to 462. 

 M. pusillus. — A. 0. H.] 



3 M 



