MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 671 



1 looked carefully, I was unable to get a second nest to confirm my notes, 

 though I found some fully fledged young birds flying about in September. 



J. M. D. MACKENZIE, i.f.s., m.b.o.u., f.z.s. 



Prome, Burma, 

 December 1918. 



No. 



XVI.— THE MALABAR PIED HORNBILL {ANTHRACOCEROS 

 CORONATUS) IN MIRZAPUR, U. P. 



This bird is fairly common beyond a line some 15 miles or so South 

 of the Ganges as soon as the country side has lost the character of the 

 Gangetic Plain and there are plenty of trees ; for although found in quite 

 open country, being strictly arboreal it must have plenty of " baghs " or 

 large trees to act as " stepping stones." They go about in flocks and 

 attract one's attention both from their colouring and their call. The 

 expanded tail as the bird alights is quite pretty. When seen in the hand 

 the bird's head has a most rakish appearance, the black feathers sticking 

 out like the hair on the back of a school boy's head. 



They are known locally as " dhanesh" and are highly prized by the local 

 inhabitants both for their flesh and for the oil to be obtained from them. 



They are distinctly wary, especially if followed up, and when opportunity 

 occurs are invariably added to the "bag." 



G. O. ALLEN, i.c.s. 

 MiRzAPUR, SOth November 1912. 



No. XVII.— THE CUCKOO {CDCULUS CANORUS) 

 IN MIRZAPUR, U.P. 



I find the following amongst my notes : — 



I have heard this cuckoo calling a good deal lately (5th August 1912). 

 I shot a young cuckoo not far from the Civil Station. It proved to 

 be in the second stage of plumage, the nuclial spot being still 

 retained (27th August 1912). 



G. O. ALLEN, I.c.s. 



MiRZAPUR, ?,Qth November 1912. 



No. XVIII.— EXTENSION OF RANGE OF THE BRONZE- 

 WINGED DOVE. 



Regarding the Bronze-Winged Dove {Chalcophaps indica) Blanford states 

 in Vol. iV Birds, Fauna of British India, 1898, that the only localities in 

 which it is found in the Madras Presidency are the Malabar Forests from 

 Cape Comorin upwards towards Bombay. I write to state that I shot a hen 

 of this species on 18th February 1919 in the Panapakkam Reser%e Forest 

 of this district. This was shot as the bird was entirely new to me and 

 I could not identify it until it was in my hand. Two more of the same 

 species were seen later but not fired at. Please let me know whether this 

 is a new locality for the bird to be found in. I have a dim recollection 

 that the late Mr. Roscoe Allen (Madras P.W. D. ) told me in 1912 that he 

 had shot a specimen of this species in the Mamandur forest (a continuation 



