894 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 



I had not seen it I heard it in the breeding season callino- 

 in the jungle. 



Singhbtmm $ Wing 735 ; Tail 6 5 ; Tarsus 1. ; Bill from gape 1-3 

 Sirguja ? „ 7-8 „ 71 „ V „ „ „ 1-3 



71.— Ololygon passerinus, VaU. (208.) 



The Indian Plaintive Cuckoo occurs but sparingly in Chota 

 Nagpur. It was obtained by Captain Beavan in Manbhum in 

 April, and by myself in Sirguja in the same month. My specimen 

 is in the hepatic stage, having the upper parts rufous, barred 

 with brown. Beneath white, narrowly barred with brown of a 

 lighter hue than above. 

 Dimensions in inches are : — 



Sirguja <$ Wing 4'7 ; tail 4"; tarsus *7 ; bill from gape 1. 



72.— Coccystes Jacobinus, Bodd. (212.) 



The Pied-crested Cuckoo occurs, I believe, in Chota Nagpur, 

 but very rarely. I saw one in the eastern part of Manbhum, 

 and I have shot it in Birbhum not far outside our limits. 



73.— Eudynamys honorata, Lin. (214.) 



The Koel is tolerably common in the eastern parts of Chota 

 Nagpur, but is seldom met with in the western, more jungly 

 districts. However it is generally to be found where there are 

 ancient mango groves. 



74.— Zanclostomus tristis, Less. ? (215.) 



On several occasions, when beating for large game; a bird has 

 been flushed, which T believe must have been the large green- 

 billed Malkoha, but I cannot be certain that it was not the 

 smaller species. 



75.— Centrococcyx rnfipennis, III. (217.) 



The Crow Pheasant is tolerably common throughout the Divi- 

 sion. In reference to Singhbhum I have the following note : — 

 " Circumstances which it is not easy to detect seem to influence 

 the distribution of this bird. In some portions of this dis- 

 trict I have been for weeks without seeing a single, specimen. 

 Suddenly then I come upon a tract in which 1 do not fail 

 to hear or see several every day." These remarks might be 

 extended to the whole of Chota Nagpur. 



