“This bird, although very common on the Nilghiris at elevations of from 4000 to 5000 feet, is a very shy nester, and its nest, which is not easily found, is, as far as my experience goes, invariably placed in the top of young thin saplings at heights of from 6 to 10 feet from the ground.  The saplings chosen are almost always in thick cover near the edge of dry water-courses.  They generally lay during May, but I have found nests in March.  In shape the nest is a moderately deep cup, nearly hemispherical, with an internal diameter of from 2.5 to 3 inches—­a true Bulbul’s nest, composed of grass and bents and lined with finer grasses.  The nest is always suspended by the outer rim between two lateral branches, and never, I believe, built in a fork as is so common in the case of many other Bulbuls.  They lay only two eggs, and never, I believe, more.  The eggs are longish ovals, rather pointed at one end, a dull white or reddish white, more or less thickly speckled and spotted or clouded with pale yellowish or reddish brown; occasionally the eggs exhibit a few very fine black lines.”

Miss Cockburn, writing from Kotagherry, says:—­“The Yellow-browed Bulbul is common on the less elevated slopes of the Nilghiris, where it is often seen feeding upon guavas, loquots, pears, peaches, &c.  They lay generally in April and May.

“Their nests are constructed very much like those of the common Bulbuls, except that, instead of being placed in the forked branches of trees, they are suspended between two twigs, and fastened to them by cobwebs, the inside being neatly lined with fine grass.  Two nests of this bird were found, each containing two fresh eggs, of a pretty pinkish salmon colour, with a dark ring at the thick end; but another nest had three nearly white eggs!  The whole structure of the nests was slight and thin, and the eggs could be plainly seen through.  The notes of the Yellow-browed Bulbul are loud and repeated often.”

Writing on the birds of Ceylon, Colonel Legge remarks:—­“I once found the nest of this bird in the Pasdun-Korale forests in August; little or nothing, however, is known of its breeding-habits in Ceylon, so that it most likely commences earlier than that month to rear its brood.  My nest was placed in the fork of a thin sapling about 8 feet from the ground.  It was of large size for such a bird, the foundation being bulky and composed of small twigs, moss, and dead leaves, supporting a cup of about 21/2 inches in diameter, which was constructed of moss, lined with fine roots; the upper edge of the body of the nest was woven round the supporting branches....  The bottom of the nest was in the fork.”