BABBLERS. 
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Green Bulbuls Assigned by many ornithologists to a distinct family, — Pycno- 
notidce ,—the true bulbuls, together with the green bulbuls ( Chlor- 
opsis), are regarded by Mr. Oates as not entitled to be separated from the babblers; 
the green bulbuls belonging to one subfamily of this great assemblage, and the 
true bulbuls to another. The subfamily ( Liotrichince ) containing the green bulbuls 
presents the following characters:—The sexes are unlike, the birds being either 
.solitary or associating only in small parties; while their habits are entirely 
arboreal, their plumage brilliant, and their eggs generally spotted. The green 
GOLD-FRONTED GREEN BULBUL AND RED-BILLED LIOTHRIX. 
bulbuls are characterised by the possession of a slender curved bill equalling 
the head in length, the tip being notched, and the nostrils oval; the wing is 
rounded, the tail is short and square, and the feet are short and weak. The 
birds of this group are only found in Southern and South-Eastern Asia, seven 
species occurring within the Indian Empire. One of the best known is the gold- 
fronted green bulbul (Chloropsis aurifrons), which forms an excellent cage-bird. 
Feeding upon the insects which it picks off the surfaces of leaves, this bird is 
exceedingly difficult to detect amid a profusion of foliage, since its bright 
grass-green plumage harmonises closely with the green leaves; it lives in pairs or 
singly. Its range extends over a considerable portion of Bengal and the adjacent 
States, as well as British Burma and an outlying portion of the spurs of the 
Himalaya. Jerdon states that it has a sweet song, and is also an excellent 
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