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the Lepchas say that, during the rains, they cry throughout 

 the twenty-four hours. I found them wary, and somewhat 

 difficult of approach, so that it was well on to the middle of 

 May before I succeeded in getting a specimen. Our Bhotean 

 servants called them (in Hindustanee, which language many of 

 them speak slightly) Pawnee-wallahs, literally "water-fellows," 

 having reference, I suppose, to the fact of their clamorous pro- 

 pensities in the wet weather. I heard this bird on the summit 

 of Mount Tongloo, 10,085 feet above the sea, one of the sum- 

 mits of the Singalelah spur of Kinchinjunga. 



203. CucuLUs MiCROPTERUs. Indian Cuckoo. 



The soft and beautiful call of this bird, which sounds like 

 that of the European Cuckoo doubled, " koo koo, koo koo," is 

 one of the characteristic sounds of the Sikkim forest from May 

 until July. During all our excursions I heard it constantly, 

 and scarcely a day passed over without my seeing several indivi- 

 duals. I did not observe it above 8000 feet. 



206. HiERococcYx NisicoLOR. Hodgsou's Hawk-Cuckoo. 

 I only obtained one specimen of this bird ; and it was evidently 



new to my shikaree, who declared it was identical with Cuculus 

 polio cephalus. It was procured on one of the spurs of Mount 

 Tongloo. 



207. HiERococcYX sPARVERioiDES. Large Hawk-Cuckoo. 

 I heard these birds for many days before I saw them. They have 



a loud, clear note, or rather whistle, which sounds like " oh-few," 

 with a stress on the last syllable. One begins to call, and the others 

 answer from the neighbouring trees, until, sometimes, three or 

 four are whistling within a short distance. I often imitated the 

 note, and the birds generally replied, whistling louder and more 

 violently, according to the rapidity with which I answered them. 

 On the 4th May, one continued calling throughout the night 

 close to our house. 



210. SuRNicuLus DiCRUROiDEs. Drougo-Cuckoo. 



Of this bird T obtained three examples from the forests below 

 Darjeeling, which were procured by my shikaree. 



211. Chrysococcyx hodgsoni. Emerald-Cuckoo. 



