180 THE FOOD OF BIRDS Iff INDIA. 



The Trogons are uncommon birds, found in forest areas. 

 Three occur in Burma, one extending to Nepal. H. fasciatus is most 

 common near the Malabar coast. Of no agricultural importance. 



CUCULDXffl. 



Most feed on insects, some on fruit. Jerd, B. I. I, 318. I, 292. 

 Cuculw. Chiefly on caterpillars and soft insects. F. I. 

 IIT, 205. Chiefly of caterpillars. Jerd. B. I. I, 321. 



1104. C. canorus. Cuckoo. Caterpillars, grubs, worms, soft 

 bodied insects. F. I. III., 207. A favourite hunting ground in a 

 patch of dock-weeds full of hairy caterpillars. B. N. H. S. J. 

 XVIII, 277. In England generally regarded as beneficial, owing 

 to the fact that it eats hairy caterpillars which other birds will not 

 touch. The food consists of insects arid their larvae, the stomach 

 often becoming lined with hairs of caterpillars, our cuckoo does 

 not touch eggs. E. B. C. N. H., 354. 



1107. C. micropterus. Indian Cuckoo. Chiefly on cater- 

 pillars. Jerd. B. I. I, 326. 



Stomach examined 



3-10-08. 1 Gryllotalpa africana. 



1 Sphex lobatus. 



1 Hymenopteron (segments only). 



1 Oxycetonia albopunctata. 



1 Melolonthid grub. 



1 Hypsa alcifron. 



Summary. Of 6 insects taken, 4 are injurious, 1 beneficial, 

 1 neutral. 



1108. Hierococcyx sparverioides. Large Hawk Cuckoo. 

 Partly at all events caterpillars. F. I. Ill, 213. One specimen 

 had fed on caterpillars entirely. Jerd. B. I. I, 331. 



1109. H. varius. Common Hawk Cuckoo. On caterpil- 

 lars and other soft insects and on fruits. It is very fond of the 

 fig of the ban} an and other Fici. Jerd. B. I. I, 330. Partly on 

 insects, but largely it is said on fruits and buds. F. I. Ill, 214. 



