Descrijdive List of Birds 



and the lower parts have the background 

 pale buff and the dark cross-bars more regular. 



The call sounds like the uk-uk-uk of the 

 hoopoe, and is doubtless often mistaken for 

 it. As a matter of fact the call has five syllables 

 and may be rendered cuck-coo-coo-coo-coo. The 

 first two syllables are like the cuckoo of the 

 common cuckoo, but are uttered so softly as to 

 be inaudible at greater distances than a few yards. 

 At a distance the call sounds like coo-coo-coo. 



This cuckoo is very common at Naini Tal ; 

 fairly so at Mussoorie, Dharmsala, Dalhousie 

 and Darjeehng. I do not remember hearing 

 it at Simla or Murree. 



134. Cuculus poliocephalus : The Small Cuc- 

 koo. F. 1106, J. 201, +11. E. W. 



A small edition of the cuckoo, with the lower 

 parts tinged with buff and broader black 

 bars on the breast. 



The call of this bird has been rendered 

 Pot-you-chick-chick-chick. It is harsh and 

 uttered both by day and by night. 



Darjeehng is the only hill station at which 

 this cuckoo is common. 



135. Cuculus micropterus : The Indian Cuc- 

 koo. F. 1 107, J. 203, —III, with rather a long 

 tail. E. W. 



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