8 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche—Field-Notes on 
the 19th and the 28th of May, 1902, so that it must have 
been comparatively common that year. I did not shoot any 
myself, and have not heard its familiar call. These eight 
specimens are, in all but size, exactly similar to my series 
from Formosa and Fohkien. 
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If these Chinkiang dark Cuckoos are all C. intermedius, 
then this species intergrades in size at Chinkiang with 
C. canorus. It seems strange that while the individuals 
obtained in the south are all small, none exceeding 7°75 in. 
in wing-measurement, several of those shot at Chinkiang are 
quite as large as average examples of the small pale race of 
C. canorus. The difference is specially apparent in female 
specimens, as will be seen from the above measurements. 
131. CucuLus poLiocePrHaLus Latham. 
Cuculus poliocephalus Dav. & Oust. Oiseaux de la Chine, 
p. 66. 
This small Cuckoo is common on the hills in the latter 
half of May. It probably summers here at the higher eleva- 
tions in suitable wooded spots. Its call, which is very loud, 
is composed of six syllables, and is repeated three times in 
succession, each time in a different tone, the second being 
very emphatic and the third weak and plaintive. 
132. CucuLus Microprerus Gould. 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 484. 
This Cuckoo is abundant in May and June, frequenting 
large trees and thickets on the plain rather than wooded 
hills. It is very vociferous and readily answers when anyone 
imitates its call, which may be syllabled “ kwi-kwohkwok”’ 
and ‘ kwikwi-kwohkwok.’ A female which I shot on 
May 26, 1901, had. an egg ready for laying in the oviduct ; 
unfortunately it was smashed to bits by the shot. In colour 
it was pinkish white, with round specks and spots of rich red 
and deep carmine about the larger end, the rest of the shell 
