Mimicry by common iora Aegithina tiphia

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by  A M K Bharos

116 13. JOURNAL, BOMBAYNATURAL HIST. SOCIETY. Vol. 95 (1998)
MIMICRY BY COMMON IORA AEGITHINA TIPHIA
On
10th August, 1995, around 1300 hrs iora continued imitating it for quite some-
my
close to residence, the repeated calls of a time.
black drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis attracted This act of mimicry by the iora has not
)
my attention. On investigation, it was found been recorded in the literature and is rather
that a drongo was perched on a small tree unusual for the species.
nearby and was calling. Soon far more feeble,
but similar c1a4l.ls were heard from another November 9, 1995 A.M.K. BHAROS
tree nearby by a male common iora. After a 17 MIG, Indravati Colony,
minute or so, the drongo departed but the Raipur. (M.P.) 492 001.
UNUSUAL NEST LOCATION OF REDVENTED BULBUL
PYCNONOTUS CAFER
(LINN.)
—
A
redvented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) In the same bus, three other nests two
made a nest inside a staff bus of the ‘Space in the forepart ofthe —luggage rack and one at the
Applications Centre’, Ahmedabad. In the first rear end were found suggesting that this pair
week ofMay, 1996 we found it sitting on a nest or maybe some other individuals had attempted
built on the luggage rack at the rear end of the nesting prior to the observed nests. One ofthese
bus. The bus is usually parked at the SAC nests was taken to Sundarvan and examined
campus, adjacent to S—undarvan but ferries closely. Whereas this particular nest fits the
passengers twice a day in the morning and general description of a redvented bulbul’s nest
evening. as given in Ali and Ripley (1983) handbook of
Interestingly, when the bus plied and was THE BIRDS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN, its Somewhat
on the move for a couple ofhours or more in the ‘mobile’ location is unusual.
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We
city, the bulbul continued sitting at the nest, thank Mr. Lavkumar Khacher for his
undisturbed by the passengers. Four eggs were comments and Mr. R.H. Bhatnagar, bus driver,
observed in the nest on 12 May, 1996. The bus for cooperation.
driver reported 2 fledgelings from this brood in
the lastweek ofMay. The bulbul’s mate was also October 3, 1996 ABDUL JAMIL URFI
seen several times when the bus was parked. KESHUBHA JETHUA
Possibly, this pair made more than one breeding Sundarvan ’
‘
attempt, because thenest was seentobe occupied •Surendra Mangaldas Road,
as late as July end. Jodhpur Tekra, Ahmedabad 380015.
POSSIBLE BREEDING BY ROCK THRUSH
MONTICOLA SAXATILIS (LINN.) IN NORTH KASHMIR
The rock thrush Monticola saxatilis and Pakistan, Ali andRipley 1987). It appears to
(Linnaeus) is believed to be a common passage nest occasionally in southern Baluchistan (the
migrant in Baltistan and Gilgit regions ofnorth birdsofPakistan, Vol. 2,Roberts, 1992). The only
Kashmir(compacthandbookofthebirdsof india suggestion of its breeding in north Kashmir is