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rence in Burma have been reported, but 

 they are, as Blanford says, '^probably due 

 to error." The Indian Cuckoo {Cuculus 

 micropterus) is commonly found all over 

 continental India except the driest provin- 

 ces of the Punjab, Sind, and Rajputana. 

 In Peninsular India, it is not uncommon. 

 Stuart Baker says that ''it doubtless breeds 

 over the whole of its habitat, ascending 

 higher up at the breeding season and 

 migrating locally from places where there 

 are no suitable forests or hills." In 

 Ceylon it is a winter migrant. Oatea 

 supposed that it went to China, Japan 

 and Eastern Siberia in summer. But it 

 has been reported from Travancore in 

 April and May, and has been noticed 

 to be very common all along the Sahyadri 

 Range, where also it is supposed to be 

 a resident bird. 



The range of the Koel — Eudynamis — is 

 much wider. Six species of this bird in- 

 habit the oriental regions. India possess- 

 es one of them — Eudynamis honor ata — 



