THE CUCKOOS 281 



according to Wilson, "an uncouth guttural sound 

 or note, resembling the syllables kowe, kowe, koiue, 

 koiue, kozve, beginning slowly but ending so rapidly, 

 that the notes seem to run into each other, and vice 

 versa.'' Among less familiar species we may mention 

 the Indian Coucal {Centropus sinensis), that, like 

 others of its class, possesses a howling cry which 

 has been described as iv/ioot, wkoot, ivkoot, wkoot, 

 followed, after an interval of a few seconds, by 

 kurook, kurook, hi7^ook, kui'ook. Lastly we may 

 mention the Cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga of 

 Tropical America, which repeat with irritating 

 persistence the double cry of tee-ho. 



