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of this bird in the neighbourhood of Find Dadan Ivhan and Katas
in the Salt Bange:—" Lay in May, June, and July : eggs four ;
shape ovato-pyriforni ; size 0'91 inch by 0'64 inch : colour white,
much dotted with claret-red; nest a neat cup of vegetable fibres
in bushes/'

Mr. S. Doig informs us that this bird breeds on the Eastern
Narra in Sind from May to August.

Colonel Butler writes:—" I found a nest of the "White-eared
Bulbul at Deesa on the 5th August containing three fresh eggs.
It was placed in the fork of a low Ber tree about 4 feet from the
oround, and in structure closely resembled the nest of M. licemor-
rltous.

" On the 17th August I found another nest built by the same
pair of birds in an exactly similar situation, about 60 yards from
the first nest, containing three more fresh eggs."

The eggs, which I need not here describe in detail, are precisely
similar to, but as a body slightly smaller than, those of Molpastes
l&ucoyenys. The only point of difference that I seem to notice,
and this might disappear with a larger series before rne, is that
there is a rather greater tendency in the eggs of this species to
exhibit a zone or cap. In length they vary from O75 to 0-9, and
in breadth from 0*52 to 0*68; but the average of twenty-three eggs
measured was OSS barely, by 0-64.

288. Otocompsa emeria (Linn.). The Benyal lled-ivldslcered
Bulbul.

Otocompsa jocosa (Z.), Jerd. B. Incl ii, p, 92 (part).
Otocompsa emeria (Skaio), Hume, Hough Draft N. fy E. no. 400.

The Bengal [Red-whiskered Bulbul breeds from March to the end
of May. Its nest is placed, according to iny experience in Lower
Bengal, in any thick bush, clump of grass, or knot of creepers ;
sometimes in the immediate proximity of native villages or in the
gardJlns of Europeans, and sometimes quite away in the jungle.
"la typical Bulbul nest, a broad shallow saucer, compactly put
Jher with twigs of herbaceous plants, amongst which, espe-
\ towards the base, a few dry leaves are incorporated, and
with roots or fine grass. Exteriorly a little cobweb is wound
keep twigs and leaves firm and in their places. All the nests
I I have seen were tolerably near the ground, at heights
Ing from 3 to 5 feet.

pree is the normal number of the eggs, but only the other day
Jbtained one containing four.

Jr. B. M. Adam says:—" This bird is very common in Oudh.
"ects gardens and low scrub-jungle, flying about with a jerky
I from bush to bush. They are very fond of the fruit of the
lot-tree (F. indica), and may be seen in great numbers about
lejtrees when the fruit is ripe. Their note is something like
I If the common Bulbul, but livelier and louder. I have seen a