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Cat. p. 71 ; Horsf. 8f M. Cat. ii, p. 704 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 324 ; 

 id. Ibis, 1872, p. 13; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 23; 

 Bulger, Ibis, 1869, p. 157 ; Godio.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. 2, 

 p. 156 ; Fairbank, S. F. iv, p. 255 ; Davidson $ Wend. S. F. vii, 

 p. 78 ; Hume Cat. no. 201 : id. S. F. xi, p. 71 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. 

 p. 231 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 54 ; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 299 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 124 ; Oates, Ibis, 1889, p. 357 ; id. in Humes N.SfE. 

 2nd ed. ii, p. 382 ; Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 255. 

 Cuculus bartletti, Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) xiii, p. 452 (1854). 



Dang-hlem, Lepcha ; Pichu-giapo, Bhotia. 



Adults similar to 0. canorus, but much smaller, with the lower 

 plumage, and especially the lower tail-coverts, tinged with buff, 

 and with broader black bars on the breast. 



The young pass through three stages before arriving at maturity. 

 The first resembles the corresponding plumage of C. saturatus, 

 and at this period the two can only be distinguished by size. The 

 second stage resembles the first of C. canorus in many respects. 

 The white margins on the upper plumage are reduced, a white 

 nuchal spot and sometimes a half-collar are assumed, and the chin 

 and throat are partially cross-barred with white and tinged with 

 dark rufous. 



In the third stage the upper parts, wings, and tail are bright 

 chestnut barred with black ; the black bars in the older birds 

 disappear on the neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts, and nearly so 

 on the head; the lower plumage is very regularly barred with 

 black, and the throat and breast are tinged with chestnut ; there is 

 no nuchal patch nor collar. 



From this stage the adult plumage is assumed gradually, ashy 

 patches appearing on the upper parts and the rufous bars 

 disappearing on the wing and tail. The throat and breast at the 

 same time turn ashy. 



Bill blackish, base of lower mandible, gape, and eyelid yellow ; 

 iris brown ; feet yellow (Legge). 



Length about 10 ; tail 4-9 to 5'4 ; wing 5'7 to 6-1 ; tarsus 0'68 ; 

 bill from gape *95. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from April till October, 

 and farther north in China and Japan. In the cold season this 

 Cuckoo is found in various parts of the Indian Peninsula and 

 Ceylon, also in the Malay Peninsula, Java, and Borneo. It occurs 

 in the hills south of the Assam valley, but has not been recorded 

 from Burma. It also inhabits Madagascar and Africa south of 

 6 N. lat. 



Habits, $c. This species begins to breed even later than C. satu- 

 rate, being rarely heard at Darjiling, according to Jerdon, " before 

 the end of May and continuing till the middle of July. It is a 

 very noisy bird and has a loud peculiar unmusical call of several 

 syllables, which it frequently utters. The Bhotias attempt to 

 imitate this in their name for the species." The eggs are not known 

 with certainty. 



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