178 cbateeopobidjE. 



of this bird in the neighbourhood of Pind Dadan Khan and Katas 

 in the Salt Eange :— " Lay in May, June, and July : eggs four ; 

 shape ovato-pyriform ; size 0-91 inch by 0-64 inch ; colour white, 

 much dotted with claret-red ; nest a neat cup of vegetable fibres 

 in bushes." 



Mr. 8. Doig informs us that this bird breeds on the Eastern 

 Narra in Sind from May to August. 



Colonel Butler writes : — " I. found a nest of the White-eared 

 Bulbul at Deesa on the 5th August containing three fresh eggs. 

 It was placed in the fork of a low Ber tree about 4 feet from the 

 ground, and in structure closely resembled the nest of M. hcemor- 

 rlious. 



" On the 17th August I found another nest built by the same 

 pair of birds in an exactly similar situation, about 60 yards from 

 the first nest, containing three more fresh eggs." 



The eggs, which I need not here describe in detail, are precisely 

 similar to, but as a body slightly smaller than, those of Molpastes 

 leucogenys. The only point of difference that I seem to notice, 

 and this might disappear with a larger series before me, is that 

 there is a rather greater tendency in the eggs of this species to 

 exhibit a zone or cap. In length they vary from 075 to 09, and 

 in breadth from 0-52 to 0-68 ; but the average of twenty-three eggs 

 measured was 0-83 barely, by 064. 



288. Otocompsa emeria (Linn.). The Bengal Red-whis7cered 

 Bulbul. 



Otocompsa jocosa (X.), Jerd. B. Irul. ii, p. 92 (part). 

 Otocompsa emeria (Shaw), Hume, Rough Draft N. fy E. no. 460. 



The Bengal Bed-whiskered Bulbul breeds from March to the end 

 of May. Its nest is placed, according to my experience in Lower 

 Bengal, in any thick bush, clump of grass, or knot of creepers ; 

 sometimes in the immediate proximity of native villages or in the 

 gardens of Europeans, and sometimes quite away in the jungle. 

 It is a typical Bulbul nest, a broad shallow saucer, compactly put 

 together with twigs of herbaceous plants, amongst which, espe- 

 cially towards the base, a few dry leaves are incorporated, and 

 lined with roots or fine grass. Exteriorly a little cobweb is wound 

 on to keep twigs and leaves firm and in their places. All the nests 

 that I have seen were tolerably near the ground, at heights 

 varying from 3 to 5 feet. 



Three is the normal number of the eggs, but only the other day 

 we obtained one containing four. 



Mr. B. M. Adam says : — " This bird is very common in Oudh. 

 It affects gardens and low scrub-jungle, flying about with a jerky 

 flight from bush to bush. They are very fond of the fruit of the 

 burgot-tree (F. indica), and may be seen in great numbers about 

 these trees when the fruit is ripe. Their note is something like 

 that of the common Bulbul, but livelier and louder. I have seen a 



