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attained to cheerfulness, but not to hilarity, and its head 
is only beginning to get crested. 
Then there is the cheerily fussy Yellow Bulbul, not a 
garden but a forest bird. I estimate that it makes two- 
thirds of all the noise that is made in these jungles. 
There is the rarer Black Bulbul also, and the Ruby- 
throated Bulbul, and many others. I think good Dr. 
Jerdon goes too far in including lor a among the Bulbuls. 
lora is a bright little bird, but not a Bulbul. 
There is another bird which Jerdon calls the Green 
Bulbul, but he admits that it is not a very near relation. 
By its form, its nest and its eggs the Green Bulbul is an 
Oriole, but there is a difference depending on its colour. 
Or perhaps its colour depends on the difference. Which is 
cause and which effect, is a question on which we have 
no information. Bird history does not go back far 
enough. The thing which is evident is that, in the world 
to-day, the Green Bulbul expresses quite a different idea 
from the Golden Oriole. The latter is designed to be 
seen ; the former is designed to be unseen. Who does 
not know the Golden Oriole, or Mango Bird ? It cannot 
escape notice and does not try. Its loud mellow voice 
salutes the ear, as its brilliant hues catch the eye. But 
