White-cheeked Bulbul on a Cedrela serrata or Mountain Toon tree, in Landour, Uttarakhand, India. The Himalayan sub-species has a crest atop its head.
Cedrela serrata is a moderate-sized deciduous tree, in favourable situations attaining a height of 30 m and a girth of up to 3.3 m. Young plants often remain unbranched for the 1st few years and have very long, arching leaves, giving them a palm like appearance. Twigs stout, with the leaves towards the ends of the branches, leaving large and prominent heart-shaped leaf scars. Bark about 1.3 cm thick, dark-brown, rough, with regular and fairly deep vertical fissures about 2.5 cm apart. Blaze fibrous throughout, pink or red. Leaves 0.5-0.9 m long, sometimes 1.35 m long in young trees, usually imparipinnate, midrib usually reddish, at least when young. Leaflets 13-33, opposite, 7.5-20 cm x 2.5-6.2 cm, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, serrate, base oblique, glabrous or pubescent on the nerves beneath when young, emitting a foetid smell when bruised; petiolules 0.2-1.3 cm long. Flowers 0.4-0.5 cm long, foetid, pink to nearly white, in large, drooping subterminal panicles 0.6-1.5 cm long; calyx small, dentate. Petals about 0.5 cm long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Capsule 2.5-3.8 cm long and 1.3 cm in diameter, ovoid, reddish-brown. Seeds winged at the upper end only. The genus Cedrela is included in the tribe Cedreleae of the sub-family Swietenioideae, as is the genus Toona. All the Old World species of Cedrela have been transferred to Toona. Cedrela differs from the latter by its prominent androgynophore with petals and filaments adnate to it, the cuplike calyx, the bigger and more woody capsule, and seedlings having entire leaflets. The specific name, 'serrata', comes from 'serra' (a saw), referring to the toothed leaf-margins.
Source - World Ago Forstry Center.org
The Himalayan Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. If they are mixed with humans from a young age, they will become friendly to humans. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent as well as some adjoining areas. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan. It is the national bird of Bahrain
Source - Wikipedia
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