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53. MegaLjEMa caniceps (Frankl.). 



Length 10"5 inches^ expanse 16^ wing 5, tail 3*5, tarsus I'l, 

 bill at front 1-35. 



The Green Barbet occurs in the denser jungles^ but is 

 nowhere common. 



54. Xanthol^ma h^macephala (P. L. S. MiilL). 

 Length 6"37 inches^ expanse 10' 75, wing 3' 12, tail 1*37, 



tarsus '75, bill at gape "87^ bill at front '68. 



The Coppersmith, or Crimson-breasted Barbet, is exces- 

 sively common ; it is a permanent resident, breeding from 

 the latter end of January to about the middle of March. 

 The eggs, three in number, are deposited in a hole made by the 

 birds themselves in the dead branch of a tree ; they are long 

 and narrow, of a pure glossless white ; they measure 1 by '7. 



55. CucuLus CANORUS, Linn. 



The Cuckoo is fairly common on the hills near Mhow at 

 the end of the rains. 



56. HiEROCOCCYX VARIUS (Val.). 



Length 13 inches, expanse 21" 5, wing 8, tail 7, tarsus 1, 

 bill from gape 1*1, bill at front 7. 



The Common Haw^k-Cuckoo is very abundant, especially 

 after the end of the rains. 



57. CoccYSTEs jACOBiNUs (Bodd.). 



$ . Length 12 inches, expanse J7'5, wing 5*75, tail 6*25, 

 tarsus '98, bill at gape 1*1, bill at front •75. 



The Pied Crested Cuckoo is very common during and after 

 the rains. It breeds throughout the monsoon quite up to 

 the end of October, depositing its eggs in the nests of Cha- 

 tarrhcea caudata. 



58. EuDYNAMis HONORATA (Linn.). 



^ . Length 15*5 inches, expanse 23_, wing 7*5, tail 7'5^ 

 tarsus 1*12, bill at front 1. ? . Length 17-5 inches, wing 

 7-9, tail 8. 



The Koel is a very common bird ; some of them at least 

 are permanent residents_, as they are occasionally seen all the 

 year round. About the commencement of April they become 



