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" This species is no despicable songster, and lives and sings well in 
confinement."— (Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 458.) 
396. PHYLL0RNI8 JEBDONI, Blyth. 
Phyllornis Jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 392 
(1843) ; XIV. p. 566 ; Gat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 212. Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 396. 
Chloropsis Jerdoni, Jerd., III. Ind. Dm. t. 43. Madr. 
Journ. XIII. pt. 2, p. 124. 
Chloropsis coesmarhynchos,* apud Tickell, J. A. S. Beng. 
II. p. 677. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 956. 
Phyllornis coesmarhynchus, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 
I. p. 124. 
Chloropsis cochinsinensis, apud Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. 
S. X. p. 247. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 957. 
Turdus malabaricus, apud Lath. Hist. TV. p. 189 (Jer- 
doni, $ ) . 
Blue-chiiined Trush, var. a., Lath., Hist. V. p. 93 (ditto). 
Common Green Bulbul, Jerd. 
a.h. $ ? . Bengal. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
" This species is spread over a great part of the continent of India, 
wherever there is a sufficiency of woodland. It is extremely common 
in all the western provinces, and in the jungles of the Eastern 
Ghauts, but it is rarely met with in the open country of the 
Carnatic, Mysore, or Hydrabad, and there only in the vicinity of 
well-wooded towns. It is usually met with in pairs, flitting about 
the extreme branches of trees, examining the leaves for various 
insects, after which it occasionally takes a short flight of a foot or 
two, or searching for some suitable fruit. It has a somewhat varied 
note, its usual call being, as Mr. Bljth remarks, not unlike that of 
the King Crow (Dicrurus macrocercus), though softened down and 
mellowed, and occasionally is very agreeable. I have seen a nest of 
this species in the possession of S. N. Ward, Esq. ; it is a neat but 
slight cup-shaped nest, composed chiefly of fine grass, and was placed 
near the extremity of a branch, some of the nearest leaves being, it 
was said, brought down and loosely surrounding it. It contained 
two eggs, white, with a few claret-coloured blotches. Its nest and 
* This name appears to be a misprint for gampsorhynchus. 
