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PET BIRDS OF BENGAL 



( Cuculus micropterus ) 

 avoids inhabited local- 

 ities and confines itself 

 to jungly tracts or to 

 large unfrequented gar- 

 dens. It is more 

 shy and retir- 

 ing than the 

 two foreejoino: ] 



birds, ; and 

 hence in our country- 

 side, it is rarely seen. 

 It generally selects the 

 top-most bough of a 

 large tree and keeps calling for a quarter of -J 

 an hour or more. Both this bird and the 

 Papiya dislike conspicuous positions. The 

 Shah-bulbul or the Pied Crested Cuckoo 

 resembles the Koel in this respect. In 



