86 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



Coccystes jacobinns. The Pied Crested Cuckoo. 



759.15.6.1913. Jhelum. <S ■ Wiug 150 mm. 



760. ,, „ 6- „ 153 mm. 



Not common, noted as follows : — June 15, three birds 

 seen, of which two were shot; August 28, a single indi- 

 vidual seen on the Chakwal tonga-road ; August 31, one 

 seen near the Rak ; September 4, one seen near the Rak. 

 In addition to the above, I believe I heard one calling at 

 Chua Saidan Shah on June 30. In Hutne's ' Nests and 

 Eggs^ (2nd edit.), vol. ii. p. 388, it is stated to breed in 

 August in the Salt Range. 



[Iris dark brown; bill black ; tarsi lead-grey _, feet darker. 

 Hairy caterpillars in gizzard. — C. B. T.'\ 



Eudynamis honorata. The Indian Koel. 

 695. 27.4.1913. Jhelum 

 746. 2.6.1913. 



788. 16.7.1913. 



816. 13.8.1913. 



827.20.8.1913. „ ? juv. „ not grown. 



A summer visitor, arriving in April (first heard on the 



11th), but not becoming common until well into May. 



About September the species begins to depart, and the last 



bird noted was seen on October 6. I obtained eight eggs in 



all from nests of Corvus splendens between June 26 and 



July 12, of which two were in one nest and three in another. 



In the latter instance there were no Crow's eggs left in the 



nest. 



[Male. Iris red ; feet plumbeous olive ; bill plumbeous 

 grey. Wild figs in gizzard. 



827 is moulting out of the juvenile dress, which differs 

 from that of the adult female in having the upper parts 

 brownish black with only slight gloss ; brown bars replace 

 the white bars on the upper tail-coverts and wings, and the 

 wing-coverts are tipped with white ; the underparts similar 

 to the adult female, but the chin and throat black. 816, 

 which probably came from the same nest, is evidently a 

 juvenile male, and differs from the atlult male only in being 



