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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
This Bulbul is resident in Kohat, and breeds freely in the 
Station and in the orchards round about. 
[285.] Molpastes leijcotis. The White-eared Bulbul. 
Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 338 (common in February 
and March, a few pairs staying to breed); Marshall, op. cit. 
xiv. p. 602 (a few occur in March and April); Cumming, 
op. cit. xvi. p. 686 (Seistan : saw several which appeared to 
be of this species, but failed to secure any). 
In July 1905 Major Magrath found a pair of Bulbuls 
nesting in his garden which he took to be of the present 
species. At that time he concluded that this bird in 
summer replaced the last as the breeding species in Koliat 
and was unaware, as we subsequently discovered (vide note 
on the last species), that M. leucogenys bred commonly in and 
around Kohat. Unfortunately we did not critically study 
the Bulbuls at that time, and not having since spent a “hot- 
weather” in Kohat we have not had an opportunity of 
collecting any examples of the present species. According 
to Major Magrath, the note of this bird is well represented 
by the following words repeated rapidly : “ Quick—a drink 
with you ?” 
[Molpastes magrathi. Magrath’s Bulbul. 
Whitehead, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 48 (1908). 
In February 1907 Major Magrath sent a skin of a Bulbul 
obtained in the Bannu District to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. The 
latter and other eminent ornithologists who examined it, 
finding that there was nothing exactly like it in the National 
Collection, were of opinion that it belonged to a new species. 
This opinion was further strengthened by the arrival of three 
more specimens collected by Major Magrath in the same 
locality. These all agreed more or less with the first ex¬ 
ample sent, except that the black of the breast in one 
was clearly defined from the whitish lower parts, instead of 
graduating into them as in the other specimens. At a 
meeting of the British Ornithologists’ Club held on the 
15th of January, 1908, I exhibited these specimens and 
