Birds of tlw Jhelum District. 85 



was probably bi-cediug^ was tlie only Nightjar actuall}' shot 

 by rae iu the district. 



I flushed a Niglitjar (sp. ?) iu the Rak on 2ad June. 

 No other specimens were seen in tbe district, but I fancy 

 that some species will be found common in the Salt 

 Range. 



[Iris dark brown, feet lead-colour; claws black; bill 

 plumbeous, black at tip. 



This specimen is typical C. europceus untvini, and if, as 

 seems almost certain, it was breeding, it would extend tlie 

 breeding-range of this race a good deal farther south than 

 that given by Dr. Hartert (Vog. pal. Faun. vol. ii. p. 849j. 

 — C.B.r.] 



Cuculus canorus. The Cuckoo. 



709. 6.5.1913. Jhelum. S ad. Wing 220 mm. 



727. 15.5.1913. „ S ad. „ 225 mm. 



838.31.8.1913. „ ? imm. „ 210 mm. 



A fairly commou spring and autumn passage-migrant in 

 April, May, August, and September; but it is possible 

 that an odd bird or two may stay to breed, as on June 26 

 I saw what was evidently a Cuckoo being mobbed by a pair 

 of Tailor-birds. The earliest bird was noted calling on 

 April 4. 



[Adult. Iris, eyelid, and feet orange; claws brown; bill 

 black above and at tip, a patch in front of nostrils and basal 

 half of lower mandible olive-green, gape orange. 



Neither these specimens, nor others from elsewiiere in the 

 Punjab, have the characters of G. c. telejjhonus, all being very 

 coarsely marked with black cross-bands on the lower parts 

 and under tail-coverts ; neither does the grey of the throat 

 nor length of wing differ from European examples, and 

 therefore, I must assign Mr. Whistler's specimens to the 

 typical form which, according to Dr. Hartert, does not go 

 farther east than Persia {cf. Vog. pal. Faun. ii. p. 915), The 

 autumn bird shows the rufous phase of plumage, and has 

 the iris brown, eye-rim yellow, and lids plumbeous. — 

 C. B. T.-] 



