THE BIRDS OF NORTH KANARA. 659 



March and April, and about Karwar in August, September and 

 October. 



289. Otocampsa fuscicaudata, Gould. 

 This is the commonest bulbul — indeed the commonest bird in Kanara — 

 and breeds from February to May, and again in Karwar in the rains. 

 295. Iole icteric A, Strickl. 

 This bulbnl is found all over the district with the exception of the 

 extreme north-eastern portion. It is locally common, but keeps 

 generally in the vicinity of evergreen jungle. I have taken very many 

 of its nests, generally suspended between two twigs on a small tree 

 from eight to twenty feet from the ground, but occasionally in the 

 braucb.es of a large tree. The eggs are generally, two, very rarely 

 three, and vary from pinkish-white unmarked to fairly marked eggs ; 

 they are long-shaped. 



303. Pycnonotus gtjlaris, Gould. 

 I have not noticed this bird in the north-eastern portion of the 

 district. It is common in Siddapur and in the wooded part of Hona- 

 war and Kumta, and occasionally through the dense forests of Karwar, 

 Ankola, and Yellapur. It is rather a shy bird, and may occasionally 

 be mistaken for the last-named. I have taken five or six of its nests. 

 They are small cups, outwardly composed of a mass of large red dead 

 leaves slightly bound with one or two roots and spider's web, and 

 lined inside with a few roots and grass-stems of a coarse description. 

 The first nest I found was on a sapling some ten feet from the ground. 

 It was a solitary tree about twenty yards from a thick piece of ever- 

 green jungle. I saw a bird fly from the tree, but from below all that 

 appeared was apparently some dead leaves, and it was a mere chance 

 I sent a boy up to look. Another nest taken a few day's later was 

 similar, but in a small bush, in very thin forest, and only a foot and a 

 half from the ground. A third was about five feet from the ground in 

 evergreen forest ; others were in similar situations, and were all similar. 

 The solid mass of dead leaves forming the foundation being unlike any- 

 thing I have seen in other nests. The eggs are two in number, and 

 very small for the size of the bird ; they are quite devoid of gloss, 

 and of a pink colour, mottled thickly all over with the smallest possible 

 dark reddish-brown and purple spots, these spots being hardly larger 

 than pin points. 



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