When alarmed and r from to intruder, tin \ run bi i 



■uccesaion of long rapid hope; end when thej I 



ire, tlnir appearance a ven mnch like that i field-rat, 



Imtli u t.i waddling, motion, colour and shape; the lone tail always 



unci, \rr% much favours the deception. When 



thei tl\ to a distant | tart "t tin same held, tln\ ^>> -.. \<r\ near the 



id, that it'tliiir wings were not «ith in motion you might fancy 

 them running "r skimn tiftly. It gene ra lly 



frequents the bottoms of hedges and open fields, in the morning 

 caning. 



Pi i nomott - r^'. it a, So Igaon. 



9yn> 7V-. /"•m/tilt-nxis, Blyth. N une, BulbtU, 



< rnmoo in tl»«' neighbourhood of Muttra. It ii -nld in 

 numbers in Delhi, and kept both for singing and fighting •. thr I 



lil tn do in the following manner: — The l>iriU are placed 

 on a which they arc tied, baring a small range, in right 



ch other. Tin \ are thus fed. When they wish t<> teach them 

 _!it, they are kept hungry, and then arc brought so mar. thai 

 nt the extent of their tether their beaks almost touch ; the L 

 then mi his finger between the tun birds. A- 



Imtli arc hungry, they become indignant at the chance of each 

 other getting the food, and of course snow fight, and if let loose will 

 imini'diateh commence. 



This biro i- also taught to perch on the finger. A string i- tied 

 round it- bods and nml. 1 i> thus k« pi prisoner with- 



out a < 

 The Hulinil sits "ii a solitary branch early in the morning, ami 



■ :' two sounds, thus Kee /'/</. I 

 th. in hunting in pans orer tin- branches "t' lar_-. • 



timl. I bare found the neat of this hird 



in June, in an Orange-bush, I ad. Tin- nest was 



Mnall, round, and contained four hrown-spui 



It h attracted bj eni rery bright 



r scarlet-coloured fruit. I have seen them occasionally caught by 



boys with a ripe cherry hung op mar a lime-twig nr other trap, to 



which a Mulhul has I d h\ the ciilniir 01 the fruit. 



. to these birds is Gut-doo^ with ro- 

 ut, to the itch under the tail. 

 I - cimen of this bird perfectly white all over, i 

 the acaiiet patch onder the tad. It was brought in i cage from 



Hardly, and il. in bistorj of the hird ti. I; II 



gardens mar Barillj iii search of rosing 

 turds (being a bird I he saa s crow fly acruss Ins path 



with a young unfledged Bulhul. followed close by the parent buds ; 



M tin • ' r hi- head, the man raised his hands and 



made a muse, which frightened the rmw ; the \oun^ hird was dropped, 



mul being puked up was afterwards reared, when to thi m' 



