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from that part of the country in my collection. In the Rajmehal 

 hills, and recently in the Satpuras, I have not unfrequently 

 seen and shot it. 



Captain Beavan recorded that "a pair shot in March at 

 " Beerachalee were feeding on the shoots and buds of the banyan 

 " (Ficus indica). Breeds towards the end of March. There 

 " is no nest as it simply uses the hollow of a tree. The egg is 

 " elongated and white. 

 " Dimensions in inches : — 



" S Length 10-5; Wing 4-62; Tail 3 ; Expanse 15 5 ; Tarsi -88 

 " ? „ 1012 „ 475 „ 275 „ 15 5 „ 1. 



" Bill pinkish-brown ; orbital skin orange yellow ; eyelid 

 " lighter yellow ; legs dull yellow ; claws greenish horn-color/' 



68.— Xantholsema haemacephala, Mull. (197.) 



The Crimson-breasted Barbet is very common in all parts of 

 Chota Nagpur. 



Captain Beavan gives some interesting notes of its habits 

 and nidification. 



CUCULIM]. 



69.— Cuculus canorus, Lin. (199.) 



The European Cuckoo. I am not quite certain whether birds 

 which I have seen and heard in Sirguja and Lohardugga on 

 several occasions* should be referred to this species. Mr. 

 Blanford, I believe, shot G. canorus\ on the Main Pat in Sirguja. 

 The only specimen at present available is one shot by myself in 

 Manbhum, and which is now in the Indian Museum. Its dimen- 

 sions seem intermediate between those of this species and 

 C. micropterus. In details of plumage, however, it corresponds 

 with a European specimen received from the Oxford Museum. 



Length 12'5 ; wing 8*1 ; tail 63. 



70.— Hierococcyx varius, Vig. (205.) 



The Common Hawk^ Cuckoo is found in the jungly parts 

 throughout Chota Nagpur. I have shot it in Manbhum, 

 Singhbhum, and Sirguja. Outside our limits I have shot it 

 too in Birbhum and the Rajmehal hills. In places where 



* The last in May near the Station of Kanchi. Probably therefore this bird breeds 

 in that part of the country. 



f He has recently written to me to say that from the numbers he saw and heard 

 in May about the Main Pat he concludes that the bird breeds there. 



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