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is found in Malabar, the Carnatic, and Central India, It has also been 

 obtained in Bengal. It is seen generally singly, flying from tree to tree. It 

 utters a loud call note, which rings through the forest or topes of trees. 



Gen. Eudynamys. Vig. and Horsf. 



Bill strong, thick, vertically deep, and hooked at tip ; 4th quill longest ; tarsi 

 not plumed below the joint, flattened in front, 



1004. Eudynamys honorata, (Linn.} Bodd. Tabl Pi. Enl. 294, 



586; Lev. O. A. t. 214. Eudynamys orientalis (/'.), Jerd., B. Ind. i. 

 p. 342, No. 214; Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 119; Murray, Hdbk. Zool., 

 $*c., Stud, p. 132; id., Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 117. The INDIAN KOEL. 



. Male. Entirely black with a greenish gloss ; bill pale greenish ; irides fine 

 crimson ; legs slaty blue. 



Length.- 15-5 ; wing 7-5 ; bill at front I. 



Female. Dusky brown with a greenish tinge, spotted with white on the 

 head, scapulars, and wings coverts; quills, tail, and entire under parts, 

 including the under wing and thigh coverts, barred with white. 



Length. 17 to 17-5 inches ; wing 775 to 8 ; tail 8 



Hab. Throughout India, extending to Nepaul, Ceylon, Burmah, Malayana 

 and the Philippines ; common in the Deccan and Concan, Kutch, Guzerat and 

 Kattiawar. In Sind it is rare, and occurs only during the rains, laying its 

 eggs in the nest of the common crow, Corvus splendens. 



1005. Eudynamys malayana, Cab. et Hem. iv. p. 52 ; Waid., Ibis, 



1869, p. 339; 1873, p. 303; Salvad, Ucc. Born. p. 68; Hume, Str. F. ii. 

 p. 192; iii. p. 82 ; Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. p. 81 ; Wald., Trans Zool. 

 Soc. ix. p. 162 ; David et Oust. Ois Chine, p. 61 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 

 vi. p. 162 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 89; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 168; Kelham, 

 Ibis, 1 88 1, p. 362. Eudynamis chinensis (Cab. et Hem}, apud Blyth, 

 B. Burm. p. 81. The MALAYAN KOEL. 



Whole plumage black glossed with blue. The female has the head and neck 

 streaked with black and rufous, the lower surface with black and rufous un- 

 dulating lines ; wings the same. Bill dull green, dusky at gape ; irides 

 crimson. 



Length. 17 inches ; tail 8 ; wing 8 ; tarsus i'3 ; bill from gape r6, 

 Hab. British Burmah, hill tracts of Eastern Bengal, and Malay Peninsula. 



Sub-Family- 



Bill moderate or longish ; ridge curved ; nostrils linear ; orbital region 

 generally naked ; wings short ; tail long and graduated ; plumage decomposed 

 and hair-like. Food, chiefly insects. 



