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the bottom of the hollow, often a considerable depth from the 

 opening, they deposit their eggs, making no nest. The eggs, three 

 in number, are long narrow ovals measuring nearly an inch in 

 length by about 0*7 in breadth. They are pure white. 



199.— THE CUCKOO. 



Guculus canorus, Lin. 

 I can find no authentic record of an egg of the Cuckoo having 

 been found within our limits, but I have no doubt of its breeding 

 freely on Mount Aboo and other wooded hills in Western India as 

 I, in common with other observers, have procured young birds that 

 must have been bred in the vicinity. Mr. Davidson, C.S., says that 

 old birds pass through Dhulia in Khandesh in June, at which time 

 they call vigorously, and in the Satpooras in July a dozen may be 

 heard calling in a morning. Again in August and September, 

 numbers, both young and. old, pass through Dhulia southwards, 

 showing that they must have been bred in the Satpooras at that 

 time. 



203.— THE INDIAN CUCKOO. 



Cuculus mieropf.erus, Gould, 

 Is found throughout the ghats from May to August, and its 

 metallic cry can be heard from a considerable distance. It is a shy 

 bird and undoubtedly breeds at this time. 



205.— THE COMMON HAWK CUCKOO 



Hierococcyx varius, Valil. 

 Is a permanent resident in the northern portion of Khandesh, and 

 occurs in Nassick at the end of the hot weather and during the rains. 

 It appears to lay frequently in the nests of the various Babblers, 

 as eggs and young have been taken from them in the month of July 

 by Mr. Davidson, C.S. 



212.-THE PIED CRESTED CUCKOO. 



Goccystes jacobinas, Bodd. 

 The Pied Crested Cockoo is a monsoon visitant, and occurs more 

 or less commonly throughout the district, but is much more abundant 

 towards the north, becoming comparatively rare in the south. It 

 breeds soon after its arrival, placing its egg as a rule in a nest of 

 one of the malacocerci* 



* Oapt. Sadler look an egg Erom a nest of Iora zci/lonica during the rains at Baroda. 



