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But neither any one else, except Gates 

 so far as I know, nor myself have yet 

 seen a female Koel feeding her nestlings, 

 I have seen young Koels fed assiduously 

 by their foster-parents at a time when 

 they are just begining to fly from tree to 

 tree. The young Koels keep up an in- 

 cessant whimpering for food and more food. 

 They do not allow their foster-parents, 

 the crows, a minute's rest, and probably 

 the latter have to deny thomselves many 

 a tempting morsel to quiet the unruly 

 children. It is a wonder that the crows 

 continue to feed the Koels even when 

 the latter are in full plumage and have 

 developed the characteristic cucuUne 

 movements and even their specific calls, 

 Dewar says that when the young Koel 

 first leaves the nest, it tries to imitate the 

 call of its corvine fellow-nestling, but 

 this has never come to my notice, nor 

 have I found it recorded anywhere else. 

 The difference in the coloration of the 

 male and the female Koel is connectedj 



