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end of the season, in the case of the majority the call gets feebler and 

 feebler and is usually repeated once or twice only. The hoarse chuckle and 

 tri-syllabicnote are rarely heard after the first of July. The la«t date on which 

 the Cuckoo's call was recorded by me in Murree was the lOth of July. 



1105. Cumhis satvrahis (The Himalayan Cuckoo).—" The Himalayan 

 Cuckoo " sometimes utters the same hoarse chuckle, at the commencement of 

 ts call, as the last species. As in the case of Megalama murshalhrum often 

 several husky attempts at the call are made before the syrinx works clearly. 

 This Cuckoo usually utters its deep call from the centre of a tree and it is 

 consequently not easy to observe. Captain Skinner informs me that at each 

 syllable the head is jerkily thrown forward somewhat after the manner of the 

 domestic cock when crowing. The female's notes, when heard close by. sound 

 like " quoick " " quoick." Both male and female appear to be more lively at 

 dusk. I did not hear this Cuckoo's call after the last day of June. 



1141. Palcfornis schistkeps (The Slaty-headed Paroquet).— The capacity of 

 " The Slatey-headed Paroquet " for regurgitating food is great as is also the 

 appetite of the young. I watched a young bird at Changla Gali being fed by 

 one of its parents for fully five minutes. Quite a considerable quantity of food 

 appeared to have been brought up in this time but the young one still clamoured 

 for more. A kissing noise is made by the latter when asking for food. This 

 Paroquet's screech is a shrill, though pleasing, " trwee-e". When going about 

 ill family parties there are some pretty notes like '' Truee-trui trn". This 

 species is also in need of protection in the breeding season in Muriee. the young 

 being far too frequently taken and caged. 



1173. Scops gin (The S'jops Owl). — While staying with me in the latter part 

 of June in Murree Mr. C. H. T. Whitehead shot a male example of " The Scops 

 Owl ''. The testes showed the bird was not at the time in breeding condition. 



1283, Sphenocercus sphenurus (The Kokla Green Pigeon). — The handsome 

 '■ Kokla Green Pigeon " was common in Murree but less so in the Galis. 

 The peculiar note of this Pigeon, from which the trivial name is evidently 

 derived, may be rendered as follows : — " Ko-Kla-Koi, oi, oi, 6i, oilli, illio — Kla." 



1305, Turtur ferrago (The Indian Turtle-Dove)— Large flocks of " The 

 Indian Turtle-Dove" migrated through Murree towards the end of April but 

 were very rare there as a breeding species, if they occurred at all as suc^l. At 

 Dunga Gali they were very common. The note is a deep ' Kr66-6o 

 kra krukroo " and not as printed in " Notes on the Birds of Thandiani. " 



1307, Turtur suratemis (The Spotted Dove).— I was puzzled to identify 

 the small Dove which was common round Murree during the breeding season 

 and on '21st May shot one for the purpose. It turned out to my surprise to be 

 " The Spotted Dove," Although " The Fauna " states that this bird ascends 

 the Himalayas to 7,000 feet I was not prepared to meet with it so far west as 

 Murree. The example shot was a ^ , one of a pair, with testes fully developed 

 but curiously enough still in moult. The note of this Dove is " cuckukakroo- 

 kroo-kroo-kroo." 



