Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



" a peculiar cackle, like a laugh " ; Hume 

 speaks of it as " a clucking, vibrating call." 



This owl is often out in daylight. Kingston 

 has noticed that it is often mobbed by bulbuls 

 at Dharmsala, where it is the commonest 

 owl. 



Fairly common at Simla ; not common at 

 other hill stations. 



145. Glaucidium brodiei : The Collared 

 Pigmy Owlet. F. 11 86, J. 80, +1. E. W. 



Very like the last species, but is much 

 smaller and distinguishable by having a buff 

 collar. 



More diurnal than most owls. I once saw 

 one moving about at noon at Mussoorie. 



There is some difference of opinion regarding 

 the call of this bird. I beheve it is the soft, 

 low, single whistle repeated at intervals of 

 about 30 seconds, which is often heard at 

 Mussoorie, where the bird is sometimes known 

 as the half-minute bird. Jones and Hutton, 

 however, state that the call consists of four 

 clear whistled notes — hoot-oot-oot-oot, or whoo- 

 whoo-whoo-whoo, Jerdon again speaks of its 

 " low monotonous call or whistle of two 

 notes." 



This bird occurs at most hill stations. 

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