obtained in Sikkim. 157 



176. Venilia pyrrhotis. Red-eared Bay Woodpecker. 

 Common enough near the station. 



177. Gecinulus granti^. Pale-headed Woodpecker. 



This seems to be the commonest of the Darjeeling Wood- 

 peckers; at least, I saw it oftenest, and obtained more speci- 

 mens than I did of any other kind. 



178. Micropternus ph^egceps. Bengal Rufous Wood- 

 pecker. 



One specimen from the forests near the Rungmo river. 



191. Megal^ema virens. Great Barbet. 

 I had several individuals brought to me by my shikaree, but 

 I never saw it in life. 



196. Cyanops franklini. Golden-throated Barbet. 

 This bird seems somewhat plentiful, and its curious cry is 

 one of the commonest sounds of the forests. 



199. CucuLus CANORUs. European Cuckoo. 



On the 23rd April we first heard the Cuckoo near Darjeeling, 

 in the khud between Tukvar and Leebong ; the old familiar 

 sound was most grateful to our ears, bringing floods of recollec- 

 tions in its train as it rose at intervals from the massive forests 

 below the road on which we were wandering. On the 4th May 

 the birds seemed very abundant, as their call was to be heard 

 constantly during the day, and occasionally even at night. 



200. CucuLUS STRiATUs^. Himalayan Cuckoo. 



Of this bird I received several specimens ; it seemed to be 

 quite as common as C. canorus. 



201. CucuLUS poliocephalus. Small Cuckoo. 



For the best part of three months these most noisy birds 

 were constantly giving utterance to their loud, laughing cries, 

 which sounded something like " pot-you-chick-chick-chick." 

 We heard them first on the 2nd May ; and then, to nearly the 

 end of July, the forests in our neighbourhood resounded with 

 their harsh notes, whicb they utter both when flying and when 

 at rest. Several resided in our immediate vicinity, and they 

 seemed to be fully as noisy at night as in the daytime. Indeed 



* Cf. Ibis, 18GG, p. 359. 



