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208.— Ololygon passerinus, VaU. 



The Indian Plaintive Cuckoo is not uncommon at Mount Aboo. 

 It arrives about the beginning of June, and its mournful ven- 

 triloquistic note soon makes one aware of its presence. 



[Occurs nowhere else throughout the whole region. Mr. 

 Adam recorded it I. 404, from Sambhur, but this was a mistake 

 as pointed out by himself, II. 337. — A. 0. H.] 



212.— Coccystes Jacobinus, Bodd. 



The Pied Crested Cuckoo is very common both on the hills 

 and in the plains, arriving just before the monsoon. It lays 

 freely in July, during which month, in the neighbourhood of 

 Deesa, I have seen a great number of the eggs. Most of them 

 were laid in the nests of Chatarrhaa caudata, but I have seen 

 egffs also in the nests of Malacocircus terricolor. 



[Occurs, but very sparingly for the most part, and only 

 during the rains, throughout the whole region. — A. 0. H.] 



214.— Eudynamys honorata, Lin. 



The Indian Koel is tolerably common in most parts of the 

 plains. 1 did not find it very plentiful at Mount Aboo. 



[Throughout the whole region, but in the more arid tracts 

 scarcely seen, except during the rainy season. — A. 0. H.] 



217.— Centropus rufipennis, Bliger. 



The Common Coucal is tolerably common both on the hills and 

 in the plains. 



[Common enough at Anadra, much less so I think up the 

 Hill. Occurs throughout the whole region, but chiefly in the 

 less arid tracts. In huge semi-desert patches of country 

 many hundreds of square-miles in extent, it is never seen. It 

 should be noted that Coucals from Sindh appear to belong 

 to a very distinguishable race of the eurycercus type, See. I. 

 353.— A. O. H.] 



219. — Taccocua Leschenaultii, Lesson. 



The Southern Sirkeer is also tolerably common both on the 

 hills and in the plains. I am inclined to think that this and the 

 last species migrate during the cold weather and return again 

 at the commencement of the rains, as I do not recollect seeing 

 either species during the hot weather. 



[I have seen no Aboo specimens, and Capt. Butler's identifica-. 

 tion, as above, may be correct, but specimens obtained by Dr. 

 King in Jodhpoor during the rains and at Erinpoora, and that I 

 have received from Cutch, Kattiawar, Ajmere, and Sambhur 

 are T. sirkee, Grav. No Sirkeer at all has as yet been reported 

 from Sindh.— A. 0. H.] 



