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but much paler and greyer. The mature birds which I saw, 

 but failed to procure, gave me the impression, even at some 

 distance, of being very grey and unlike G. viridis. The 

 young birds of G. viridis vary greatly in shades and intensity 

 of coloration, but my specimen is remarkably grey on the 

 mantle, which is only faintly coloured with green, while 

 the under parts have no tinge of green, except perhaps at 

 the vent, where there is a suggestion of that colour. 



Green Woodpeckers were very rare in the oak-woods. I 

 saw one or two at three places only (near Aliabad, Sisakht, 

 and Chinar), where there were thick oak-woods at an 

 altitude of between 6500 ft. and 7300 ft. 



The note seemed to be exactly like that of G. viridis. 



105. *Cuculus canorus Linn. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 119; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, pp. 489 & 498. 



The Cuckoo was fairly common at all altitudes, and often 

 in most barren places, from April 1st onwards. 



106. Coccystes glandarius (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 120. 

 91,288. Ad.; 401. Juv. 



Spotted Cuckoos were met with here and there throughout 

 the oak-woods. They were very common in a river-bed not 

 far from Khan-i-Zinium (near Shiraz). A number of 

 Magpies were breeding in very thick thorn-trees at this 

 place, and the Cuckoos were doubtless using the Magpies 

 as foster-parents. The trees were so thick, however, that it 

 was impossible to climb up to the nests without a great deal 

 of cutting. Major O. B. St. John remarked upon this 

 locality as a favourite one in certain seasons. In some 

 years, he observed, " Spotted Cuckoos are very rare in 

 Persia" (Blanf. /. c). 



107. Capri mulgus euroPjEUs unwini Hume. 

 Caprimulgus europceus Linn. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 127 ; Sharpe, 



Ibis, 1886, p. 487. 



280, 432, 433, 434, 435. Ad. 



This form is generally smaller and paler than C europceus, 

 and while both these characters are variable, the two 

 together serve to distinguish the races, although rather 



