FOR NORTHERN INDIA 5 



From early dawn till nightfall the welkin 

 rings with the harsh caw of the house-crow, 

 the deeper note of the black crow or corby, 

 the tinkling music of the bulbuls, the cheery 

 keky, keky, kek, kek . . . chur, cbur, kok, kok, 

 kok of the myna, the monotonous cuckoo-coo-coo 

 of the spotted dove (Turtur suratensis), the 

 soft subdued cuk-cuk-coo-coo-coo of the little 

 brown dove (T. cambayensis), the mechanical 

 ku-ku ku of the ring-dove (T. risorius), the 

 loud penetrating shrieks of the green parrot, 

 the trumpet-like calls of the saras crane, the 

 high-pitched did-btt-do-it of the red-wattled 

 lapwing, the wailing trill chee-hee-hee-hee hee 

 hee of the kite, the hard grating notes and the 

 metallic coch-lee, coch-lee of the tree-pie ; the 

 sharp towee, towee, tozvee of the tailor-bird, the 

 soft melodious cheeping calls of the flocks of 

 little white-eyes, the chit, chit, chitter of the 

 sparrow, the screaming cries of the golden- 

 backed woodpecker, the screams and the trills 

 of the white-breasted kingfisher, the curious 

 harsh clamour of the cuckoo-shrike, and, last 

 but by no means least, the sweet and cheerful 

 whistling refrain of the fan-tail flycatcher, 

 which at frequent intervals emanates from a 

 tree in the garden or the mango tope. Nor is 



