388 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP 



201.— Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath. The Small 

 Cuckoo. 



Probably only a seasonal visitant. Not common. Messrs. 

 Wenden and Davidson include it in their Deccan list with the 

 remark, "scarce, but seen and procured during the rainy and 

 cold seasons." Mr. Fairbank records it from Nagar, and Mr. 

 Vidal from Devrukh in Ratnagiri. In the southern portion of 

 the region I have not heard of its occurrence. 



202. — Cuculus sonnerati, Lath. The Banded Bay- 

 Cuckoo. 



Probably only a seasonal visitant. Not common. Has been 

 obtained at Khandala, in Ratnagiri, and by myself in Belgaum, 

 and Mr. Hume has specimens from Matheran. It evidently 

 belongs to the forest tracts. 



203. — Cuculus micropterus, Gould. The Indian 

 Cuckoo. 



Probably a permanent resident on the Ghats. Common all 

 along the Sahyadri range and in the adjoining forest tracts. 

 It occurs in Belgaum as a straggler, and Mr. Fairbank records 

 it from Nagar. Mr. Vidal reports that it is exceedingly rare 

 in Ratnagiri. It belongs to the forest districts. 



205— Hierococcyx varius, Vahl. The Common 

 Hawk-Cuckoo. 



Permanent resident probably. Common, as a rule, along the 

 Sahyadri Range, and extends also to the well-wooded tracts 

 adjacent. It belongs to the Ghat districts, but occurs as a 

 straggler in Belgaum. In Ratnagiri it appears to be rare. 



208 — Cacomantis passerinus, Vahl. The Indian 

 Plaintive Cuckoo. 



Common during the rains in many parts of the southern 

 portion of the region, especially in the forests tract west of 

 Belgaum, as far west as Vengurla. 



In the northern portion of the region, although it does occur, 

 it is less commou. I noticed it at Satara, and Mr. Fairbank 

 obtained it at Nagar ; Mr. Vidai also records it from Ratnagiri, 

 where however it is rare. 



212.— Coccystes jacobinus, JBodd. The Pied Crest- 

 ed Cuckoo. 



Seasonal visitant. Occurs, I believe, only in the rains. 

 Generally distributed throughout the region, but much more 



