858 MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE 



Mocking Bird (Jlimus j^olyglottus). 

 Range. Southern United States fi'om tlie Atlantic to the high 

 central plains ; locally migratoiy. 

 Food. Insects and fruit. 



Cuban Mocking Bu'd {Mimns o^yheus). 

 Range. Jamaica, Porto Kico, Haiti, Cuba. 



Saturnine Mocking Bird {Mimus saturninus). 

 Range. Brazil. 



Great Tit {Parus majoi-). 

 Range. Widely distributed in the Palsearctic Region. Locally 

 migrating but mostly resident. 

 Food. Insects and seeds. 



Pekin Robin {Liothrix Inteus). 



Range. Himalayas from Simla to Bhutan ; extending also into 

 China ; resident. 



According to E. W. Gates the food of this bird consists of 

 berries, fruit, seeds, and insects. 



Pied Grallina (GraUina australis). 

 Range. Australia, generally distributed. 

 , Food. Insects {Gould). 



White-eared Bulbul [Pi/cnonotus leitconotus). 

 Range. Persia; Sind, the Punjab, the N.W. Provinces of 

 India, and Central India as far east as Hoshargabad. 



White-cheeked Bulbul {Pycnonotus lencogenys). 

 Range. Afghanistan ; the Himalayas from Murree to Bluitan, 



up to 7000 ft": 



Red-vented Bulbul {Pi/cnonotus hcBinorrhous). 

 Range. Ceylon ; India roughly to the foot of the Himalaj-as. 

 According- to E. W. Gates the Indian species of Bulbuls feed 

 chiefly upon fruit. 



Syrian Bulbul {Pycnonotus xanthopygvs). 

 Range. N.E. Africa, Arabia, Palestine, C3^prus. 



Black-crested Bulbul {Otocompsa flaviventris). 

 Range. Nepal to Cochin China. 



In the course of my experiments I noticed that Bulbuls of 

 different species were very keen on butterflies ; of beetles and 

 crawling insects generally they took little if any notice ; but the 

 moment a butterfly was let loose in the aviary they were all on 

 the move. From this I infer that they are great butterfly- 

 bunters in their own countries. 



