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Occurs in Gambia, but not nearly so coniinoii as tbe Bisbops. I see 
two or tbree occasionally, and about the same proportion is found in the 
catcliers' cages. 
(To be coiidnuedj . 
Hviar^ Biit)5 3 have met in tbeir IRatiual State. 
By D. Dewak, I.C.S., F.Z.S. 
(Continued from page 246, Vol. VII.) 
VI. THE ETCETERAS. 
There are one or two interesting aviary birds which hail 
from the plains of India, but do not belong to any of the groups 
with which I have dealt. I should like to mention a few of these 
by way of concluding this series of notes. 
The pretty little White-eye or Spectacle Bird {Zosterops 
palpehtosa) is one of the smallest birds foinid in India, being 
barely half the size of a Sparrow. While-eyes, except when 
nesting, live in considerable flocks. They spend the greater 
part of the day in seeking and devouring the tiny insects which 
occur in such numbers on the leaves of trees. Like all forest 
birds that hunt in company the individuals which compose the 
flock keep each other apprised of their whereabotits by a con- 
tinuous cheeping note, a louder call being uttered when an in- 
dividual has occasion to move to another tree. 
At the breeding season the White-eye sings most sweetly. 
The ordinary cheeping note then becomes glorified into some- 
thing resembling the lay of the Canary — far less powerful, but 
equally pleasing to the ear. 
The nest of the White-eye is a wonderful structure. It is 
a tiny cup, sometimes very shallow, sometimes fairly deep, about 
two inches in diameter, suspended like an Oriole's nest, from two 
or three branches of some bush or shrub. Occasionally the nest 
is attached to the extreme end of a branch, so that it looks like a 
ladle, the branch being the handle. The little nursery is rarely 
found at a greater height than five feet from the ground. In it 
two, sometimes three, most beautiful pale blue eggs are laid. 
This is an exceptionally small clutch, and, as White-eyes appear 
to bring up but one brood in the year, it is evident that they have 
