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Sawant Wadi, where Mr. Vidal obtained a specimen. This species 

 appears to he rather common in Ceylon. It is found at the base of 

 the Himalayas in Nepal ami further East, in Assam, Eastern Bengal, 

 Tipperah, the Gavo Hills, and throughout Burmah, being common in 

 Pegu, and its range extends to the Malay Peninsula, Southern China, 

 the Phillipines, Borneo and Celebes." 



In Assam, especially to the East, and in Cachar it is very common. 

 Above 2,500 feet it is, however, seldom met with. 



Oates says that it is strictly arboreal, but I have frequently seen it in 

 bush and scrub jungle, though it perhaps prefers forest trees. In 

 habits, voice, &c, it does not differ from C. jacobinus. It is not shy, 

 though rather retiring in its habits. 



Fielden speaks of their "usual magpie-like chatter," and also says 

 that they have a " harsh, grating, whistling scream. " 



Genus Eudynamis (Vig. Hors.). 

 This genus is one, according to Blanford, of the Sub-Family Phoeni- 

 cophaince which is distinguished from the Cucidince by its wholly bare 

 tarsus. The other genera and species of the Sub-Family are non- 

 parasitic, non-arboreal birds of lax full plumage and poor powers of 

 flight, and I personally think that Eudynamis can with justice be allied 

 no more with the Phoenicophaince than with true Cuculince. 



Eudynamis honor ata (Linn.). 

 The Indian Koel. 



Eudynamis orientalis. Jerdon, B. of I., I, p. 342. 



Eudynamis honorata. Hume, S. F., I, p. 373 ; ibid., IV, p. 463 ; 

 Butler, ibid., II, p. 182 ; Ball, ibid., p. 208; Hume, Cat. No. 214; 

 Scully, S. F., VIII, p. 257 ; Legge, B. of Ceylon, p. 251 ; Keid, S. F., 

 X, p. 27 ; Barnes, B. of Bom., p. 130 ; Oates, Hume'sjNests and Eggs, 

 2nd Ed., II, p. 392 ; Barnes, Jour. Bom.N. H. Soc, IV, p. 19 ; Stuart 

 Baker, ibid., X, p. 370; Shelly, Cat. B. M., XIX, p. 316 ; Blanford, 

 Fauna of B. L, III, p. 228 ; Reid, Cat. Eggs, B. M., Ill, p. 121. 



Eudynamis malayana. Hume, S. F., II, p. 192 ; ibid., XI, p. 77 ; 

 id., Cat. No. 214 bis ; Hume and Dav., S. F., VI, p. 162 ; Oates, B. of 

 Burm., II, p. 119. 



The habits of the Koel are far too well known to require much said 

 ahout them. Thoy lay their eggs in the nests of the common crow 

 (Corvus splendens), as a rule, in India and in that of Corvus insolens 



