254 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



7*4; tarsus, 0*8; bill from gape, 1*25 and 13; bill at front, 

 08 and 09; closed wings short of tail, 2'3. 



Bill black above and at tip ; middle of lower mandible green 

 horny ; base of lower mandible yellow ; gape and margins of 

 eyelids bright yellow ; irides golden yellow ; eyelids pale grey ; 

 feet yellow ; claws brown and fleshy yellow. 



Eight young males, July, August and September. — Length, 

 12-6 to 14; expanse, 22-1 to 24-4 ; wing, 7-8 to 8'8 ; tail, 6-8 

 to 7-4 ; tarsus, 0'7 to 0*9 ; bill from gape, 1*15 to 1*3; bill at 

 front, 0"76 to 0*87 ; closed wings short of tail, 2 to 2"5. 



Bill dusky above, black at tip, and base of lower mandible 

 greenish horny ; gape oi'ange or yellow ; lower eyelid plumbeous 

 or grey; margin of eyelids greenish yellow; irides hght 

 greyish, and yellowish-brown, or creamy buflP; feet pale yellow 

 to buff yellow ; claws horny yellow. 



Sioc females in adult plumage, April, May, and August. — 

 Length, 12-4 to 13-2; expanse, 22-1 to 24; wing, 8-05 to 8*6 ; 

 tail, 6-8 to 7*3 ; tarsus, 0-8 to 09 ; bill from gape, 1*15 to 1-25 ; 

 bill at front, 078 to 09 ; closed wings short of end of tail, 1-5 

 to 2-1. 



Bill black above and at tip ; middle of lower mandible 

 greenish horny ; base of lower mandible yellow horny ; gape 

 and margins of eyelids yellow ; irides yellow or brownish 

 yellow ; feet bufFy yellow, dusky, and yellowish horny. 



Five young females, July, August, and September. — Length, 

 11-75 to 13-1; expanse, 20-6 to 23-2 ; wing, 7-4 to 82 ; tail, 

 6-2 to 7-2; tarsus, 0-8 to 0-9; bill from gape, 114 to 1*24; 

 bill at front, 0"76 to 0'9 ; closed wings short of tail, 1'4 to 2*6. 



Interior of mouth bright orange ; irides yellowish brown and 

 creamy buff. Colours of soft parts generally as in the young 

 male. 



The Common Cuckoo is found in great numbers in the Valley 

 of Nepal (where all the above specimens were obtained) during 

 six months of the year, from April to October. The earliest 

 date on which it was noticed was the 31st March, and the 

 latest about the first week in October. It frequents the central 

 woods, and the forests on the hill sides up to 6,000 feet, rarely 

 ascending to about 7,000 feet. It lays in May and June, 

 generally selecting the nests of Pratmcola indica and P. ferreay 

 and occasionally I think that of Pomatorhinus erythrogent/s. 



200.— Cuculus striatus, Drap. 



Male, Adult, Valley, September. — Length, 11 "9; expanse, 

 20'4 ; wing, 7*1 ; tail, 6"3 ; tarsus, 0*7; bill from gape, 1'15 ; 

 bill at front, 0"86 ; closed wings short of tail, 2'1. 



Irides light brown. 



