Descriijiive List of Birds 



Very common at Mussoorie and Darjeeling : 

 less so at Naini Tal and Dharmsala. I do 

 not remember hearing the bird at Simla or 

 Murree. 



137. Coccystes jacobinus : The Pied Crested 

 Cuckoo. F. 1118, J. 212, +11, with tail 6 

 inches long. W. K. 



A handsome bird. 



Upper plumage glossy black. Broad white 

 wing-bar. Tail tipped with white. Lower 

 plumage white. A conspicuous black crest. 



The call is difficult to describe, but easy to 

 recognise. Jerdon well describes it as *' high- 

 pitched, wild and metallic." 



This bird rarely comes as high as the hill 

 stations. Jones states that it has been seen 

 at 8000 feet near Simla and that it is common 

 up to 5500 feet. It is fairly abundant in the 

 Kashmir valley. 



138. Eudynamis honorata : The Indian Koel. 

 F. 1120, J. 214, III, with tail 8 inches long. 

 W. K. 



Cock : A glossy black bird with a green bill 

 and brilliant crimson eye. As he flies he looks 

 like a slenderly-built crow with an unusually 

 long tail. 



Hen : A brown bird heavily spotted and 

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