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but could not find a nest. About three weeks later I saw an example of this 

 species bathing in a small stream near the spot where I had first seen it. 

 Colonel Buchanan informed me that when stationed at Changla Gali he had 

 on several occasions come across the bird there, and Mr. C. H T. Whitehead 

 saw an example when passing through Dunga Gali early in July of the 

 present year. The attitude of this Honey-guide in a tree is very dove like. 

 It sits with head sunk on breast, feathers rather puffed out and wings drooping 

 so as to display the vivid yellow patch down the lower back. According to 

 Colonel Buchanan it has a peculiar note which he was unable to describe to 

 me. It is a very tame bird and is, I think, rarely to be found far from water. 



100). Meqaln^ma marshallorym (The Great Himalayan Barbet). — The cry 

 of " The Great Himalayan Barbet" usually commences with a husky " Pee-ho" 

 as the syrinx gets into working order this changes to " Pillo" shortly deve- 

 loping into the characteristic note " Pyillo" " Pyillo " which is repeated ad 

 nauseam. Towards the end of the performance the note sometimes changes 

 to "Pyillo" "PyTllo," Another note often heard is a rapidly repeated "gyok" 

 " gy ok" " gyok" and occasionally a harsh note like "karr-r" whish, as in the 

 case of the characteristic call are uttered with reiteration. Both of the latter 

 notes are very gull-like. The cry of this bird was still occasionally to be heard 

 when I left Murree at the end of August. 



1072. Cyps^ehis huconyx (Blyth's White-rumped Swift), — At the bridge, a 

 mile from Dunga G-ali. on the old Gali Road I watched a colony of " Blyth's 

 White-rumped Swifts " prospecting for nesting sites in the gorge above the 

 bridge. The cliff face did not, apparently, offer sufficient inducements as they 

 passed on to nest elsewhere. 



1104. Cucului^ canorus (The Cuckoo), — Abnormal notes of "The Cuckoo" 

 heard this year were " Gyuk-coo", the second syllable husky and pitched in a 

 higher key than the first, the first syllable repeated three times in succession. 

 and a hoarse croak following the second syllable. In the first two instances 

 the notes were evidently due to some defect in the syrinx and in the last to an 

 expulsion of residual air in the bronchial tubes. The familiar call is sometimes 

 uttered on the wing and when this is the case I think it will usually be found 

 that a female is being pursued or another male being chased away. Courtship 

 is conducted with many husky chuckles and croaks. The attitude when calling 

 is generally horizontal with wings drooping and tail elevated and there is a 

 slight swaying oscillating movement more pronounced in the tail. Sometimes 

 the attitude is semi-erect. There is considerable distension and protrusion of 

 the lower throat when uttering the call, but not so pronounced as in the Do'^es 

 and Pigeons, While on migration to the hills early in April this year a few 

 Cuckoos remained in Bannu for about a week and it was interesting to hear 

 the familiar call being acquired. The first few attempts resulted in nothing 

 more than husky croaks. In the course of a few hours a feeble imitation of 

 the call was attained and this gradually strengthened day by day. Although 

 some individuals maintain the vigour oP their call almost unimpaired till the 



