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about four miles from Ooty, it commences to get common. It is: 
very numerous about Coonoor, and all down the Ghats. It is 
much rarer on the Neddivuttum side, owing, I suspect, to there 
being so much evergreen forest on that-side which it dislikes, 
its chief haunts being comparatively open land studded with 
bushes and scrub. Jerdon says it ascends the Nilghiris only 
to about 6,000 feet. It is quite possible it may have been so 
when he made his observations, but now, though. rarely, it 
certainly is found right up to Ootacamund, for I have shot it 
more than once in the Government Gardens : — 
A male measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 8-2; expanse, 12:4; tail, 3:5; wing, 3°8; tarsus, 
0°85 ; bill from gape, 0°82 ; weight, 1°2 oz. 
463. —Phyllornis jerdoni, Bly. The Green Bulbul. 
I did. not procure specimens of this species during my trip, 
T met with it on a few occasions in the Mysore country. 
464. —Phyllornis malabaricus, Gm, The Malabar 
Green Bulbul: . . 
This. species is not uncommon in the Wynaad and on the slopes 
of.the Nilghiris. I have shot it as high up as the Government 
Plantations at Neddivuttum, about 6,000 feet elevation, but it 
does not go higher than this I think. Its voice is very similar 
to that of aurifrons, and it has the usual habits of the genus, 
going about in pairs or small parties, It lives largely on fruit, 
but I have also found insects in the stomachs of some. It is 
very fond of frequenting the silk cotton trees (Bombax mala- 
baricum) when in flower. 
The following are the dimensions, &c., taken in the flesh of 
three fine trates — ; . 
Length, 7:2 to 8:2; expanse, 11:7 to 12:0; tail, 2°7 to 8°85; 
wing, 3°6 to 3°7; tarsus, 0:7 to 0-75; bill from gape, 0°95 to 
1:0 ; weight, 0: 82 to 1°3 ozs. 
468.—Iora typhia, Zin. The Common Tora. 
A common bird all through the Wynaad, the base of the 
Nilghiris, and up their slopes to an elevation of about 3,000 feet. 
Jerdon has given-a full account of the habits of the species 
(B. of I., Vol. II., p. 100) under the head of Zora zeylonica. , 
469. een puella, Zath. The Fairy Blue Bird. 
Found in the Wynaad, and on the slopes of the Nilghiris upto 
about 5,000 feet, but only in the evergreen forests. It avoids 
dry opencountry. A full account of its habits, &e., will be 
found in our Tenasserim paper, 8. F., Vol. VL, and Jerdon, B, 
on TieWols LE; 105; 
