THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 41 
The Green Iora, or White-winged Green Bulbul, as Jerdon calls 
it, is a fairly common and‘permanent resident. It frequents 
avenues, gardens, mangoe topes, &ec., generally in pairs, but 
occasionally insmall parties, keeping well outof sight, as it quietly 
searches the leaves and branches of trees for itsinsect food. On 
the 16th July I found anest and three eggs. The nest was ina 
mangoe tree on a horizontal bough (attached to that and an 
upright twig) about 20 feet from the ground ; it was cup-shaped, 
compact and well made of fine grass stems (lined with finer) and 
cobwebs, and so well concealed from view that I would have 
given long odds against any one finding it who had not, as I had, 
seen the birds building it. The eggs measured ‘75 by ‘56, -75 
by °56, ‘73 by °58 inches, and are, I consider, the most beautiful 
in my collection, being of a creamy white color, beautifully 
marked with longitudinal wavy streaks of faint purplish brown. 
470.—Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. Native name—-Pilak. 
5th October, Female, juv.—Length, 9:25; expanse, 15: ; 
5°; tail, 3°87; tarsus, °87. 
The Mango Bird or Indian Oriole, though a permanent resi- 
dent, is never so abundant during the cold weather as it is during 
the hot and rainy seasons from about the time the mangoe trees 
begin to bloom to the end of September. It frequents gardens, 
avenues, mangoe topes, and is frequently seen in open country, 
taking long flights between trees, principally the banian and 
other Fict, upon the berries and buds of which it feeds. I have 
the following record of its nests :— 
wing, 
June 16th ... nest and no eggs (building), 
July 2nd ae » 2 eggs (fresh). 
” 2nd eee Seen ose AGT a) 
eile UE wD in Yeap Sais gee 
ame aot ie » 3 young (just hatched), 
Aug. 5th ee a a ag “(edoed). 
Average measurement of 6 eggs ... 1:10 by °84 inches. 
Measurement of largest egg aap EO" BOG: tian 
Measurement of smallest egg met UO 5 Sods ae 
The nests were all alike, cup-shaped, made up of coarse 
grasses, tow, rags, &., suspended to forks in branches of mangoe 
trees, easily seen from beneath but well concealed by leaves 
above. A nest, which I saw the birds building, was ready for 
fully a month before it was used. 
472.—Oriolus melanocephalus, Lin. Native name— 
Pahari Topi-dar Pilak. 
12th November, Female.—Lencth, 9°50 ; expanse, 16°50 ; wing, 
9°30 ; tail, 4°; tarsus, 1:10; bill, from gape, 1°30 ; weight, 2°50 oz. 
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