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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. 15. 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