allen’s naturalist’s library. 
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a pair that were feeding their young in a nest not six yards 
from our door. Its breeding season must commence early in 
May, for the young were three parts grown by the beginning of 
June.” 
Nest. — According to Mr. Dixon the nest is made in one of 
the numerous “cleats,” or in a crevice of a wall, or under an 
overhanging bank. The nest is exactly similar to that of the 
Common Wren, and abundantly lined with feathers. 
Eggs. — Similar to those of A. troglodytes , but slightly larger, 
and with some of the reddish spots somewhat bolder and 
more strongly indicated than is usual in the eggs of the 
Common Wren. Axis, 075 ; diam., o - 6. 
THE BULBULS. FAMILY PYCNONOTIDAE. 
These birds constitute an assemblage of Thrush-like forms 
found in the tropics, and foreign to a northern country like 
Great Britain. They are usually crested, have great powers of 
song, are arboreal in their habits, and non-migratory. 
THE TRUE BULBULS. GENUS PYCNONOTUS. 
Pycnonotus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 973. 
Type, P. capensis (Linn.). 
THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD-VENTED BULBUL. PYCNONOTUS 
CAPENSIS. 
Turdus capensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 295 (1766). 
Pycnonotus capensis , Newt. ed. Yarr., i., p 247 (1872); Dresser, 
B. Eur., iii., p. 361, pi. 143, fig. 2 (1876); Sharpe, Cat. 
B., vi., p. 130 (1881) ; B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 36 (1883) : 
Seeb., Br. B., i., p. 251, note (1883): Saunders, Man., p! 
136, note (1889). 
Adult. — Brown, with the head and throat a little blacker ; 
under tail-coverts yellow. Total length, 7 -6 inches; wing, 
3 ' 65 - 
Note. — There are many species of birds in the British List 
which might well be struck out in future works on our native 
