11. _Myiophoneus horsfieldi_: The Malabar Whistling Thrush, or Idle Schoolboy. (F. 189), (J. 342), (+III.)
A black bird with large cobalt blue patches on the forehead and the wings. Small patches of the same hue occur on other parts of the body.
Not found in the N.W. Frontier Province, the Punjab, United Provinces, Bengal, or the eastern portion of Madras. Usually occurs in the neighbourhood of shaded streams. Its note is a striking whistle.
12. _Zosterops palpebrosa_: The Indian White-eye, or Spectacle Bird. (F. 226), (J. 631), (-I.)
A greenish yellow bird, with bright yellow throat and a patch of yellow under the tail. The rest of the lower plumage is greyish white. The most noticeable feature of the bird is a ring of white feathers round the eye. Hence its popular name. White-eyes go about in large flocks; they feed largely on insects which they pick from off the leaves of trees. Each individual utters unceasingly a cheeping note. At the nesting season, which is usually at the beginning of the hot weather, the cock sings a sweet little song. The nest is a beautiful little cup suspended from a forked branch. Two pale blue eggs are usually laid. (Illus. G. B., p. 96.)
13. _Ægithina tiphia_: The Common Iora. (F. 243), (J. 468), (-I.)
_Cock_: (_a_) In summer upper plumage, wings, and tail are black; lower parts bright yellow. There are two white bars in the wing.
(_b_) In winter the black parts of the head and back are replaced by yellowish green.
_Hen_: Upper parts, wings, and tail green; lower parts yellow. Two white bars in the wing.
This species has a sweet song. It does not occur in the Frontier Province or the Punjab. "A little bird," writes Eha, "like a tomtit, in black and yellow, followed by its mate in green and yellow, can be nothing else than the Iora." Builds at the beginning of the hot weather a very neat and tiny cup-shaped nest. (Illus. B. B., p. 91, also G. B., p. 64.)
14. _Chloropsis Jerdoni._ The Common Green Bulbul, or Jerdon's Chloropsis. (F. 252), (J. 463), (-II.)
A beautiful emerald green bird. There is a patch of yellow on the forehead. The cock has the sides of the head, chin, and throat black, and a purple-blue moustache. The black of the male is replaced by bluish green in the hen.