. The world's birds a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world . ed on insectsor fruit; none have ever, so far as I know, been broughtto Europe alive. Two species are fairly familiar asstuffed-birds, Eurylaemus javanicus, black and yellowabove and puce-colour on the head and below, andCymhorhynchus macrorhynchus, black above and crimsonbelow, with a blue bill. Bulbuls (PycnonotincB) are very characteristic ofthe warm parts of Asia and Africa. They have billsof medium size and tails of considerable length, andare often crested ; they are usually brown or olive-green in colour
. The world's birds a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world . ed on insectsor fruit; none have ever, so far as I know, been broughtto Europe alive. Two species are fairly familiar asstuffed-birds, Eurylaemus javanicus, black and yellowabove and puce-colour on the head and below, andCymhorhynchus macrorhynchus, black above and crimsonbelow, with a blue bill. Bulbuls (PycnonotincB) are very characteristic ofthe warm parts of Asia and Africa. They have billsof medium size and tails of considerable length, andare often crested ; they are usually brown or olive-green in colour, frequently there is a patch of red oryeUow under the tail, and these feathers are puffedout when the bird is excited. They are mainly fruit- THE WORLDS BIRDS. lOI eaters, and build open nests in bushes ; their eggs areoften pink with red spots. Sometimes classed withthe Babblers, they are certainly nearly related to themthrough some more or less intermediate forms, but ingeneral habits they are very different, since they fiyabout much more and do not keep so much to cover. y\.. OutUne of Bulbul. The Red-eared Bulbuls {Otocompsa emeria and jocosa)are widely-spread in India and Burma. They are brownabove and white below, with a long black crest andred patches on the cheeks and under the tail. TheRed-vented Bulbuls [Molpastes hcBmorrhous and aUies)are locally commoner; they are dark in plumage,with black heads, and crimson under the tail. Thecommon African species have this patch yellow. 102 THE WORLDS BIBDS. The Green Bulbuls (Chloropsis) are bright leaf-green,and have long tongues with which they sip honey ;the best known is the Gold-fronted (C. aurifrons).Bulbuls do well in captivity, and a few species havebred, including the Palestine Bulbul (Pycnonotusxanthopygus), which has a fine song, somewhat Hke thatof the Nightingale The name Bulbul, by the way,properly indicates this bird or one of its Easternrepresentatives. Chatterers [CotingincB) form a group confined toAmerica, a
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