AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND sQUTHERN MysORE. 359 
Irides dark brown ; legs and feet litharge red; claws and bill 
dullblack ; base of lower mandible to just beyond angle of gonys, 
and base of upper mandible at gape plumbeous blue. 
In quite young birds of this species the green of the plumage 
is paler, but somewhat brighter than in the adult; a line above 
and below the eye, and the throat, are golden orange; the sides 
of the neck and posterior portion of the ear-coverts are a pale 
dirty glaucous blue, and there is a-dull black band across the 
top of the head. In one specimen there are a few orange- 
coloured feathers immediately above the base of the bill. 
200.—Cuculus_ striatus, Drap. The Eastern 
Cuckoo. 
Sparingly distributed in the Wynaad. I should think that it 
was a permanent resident, as I have heard it calling late in 
May. 
202.—Cuculus sonnerati, Lath. The Banded Bay 
Cuckoo. 
T have occasionally obtained this species on the slopes of the 
Nilghiris. I have not noticed itin the Wynaad or Mysore, but 
it doubtless occurs there. 
203.—Cuculus micropterus, Gould. The Large-billed 
Cuckoo. 
Like 200. I have found this species occasionally in the 
Wynaad. Both species doubtless occur in the Mysore coun- 
try and on the slopes of the Nilghiris, but I have not noticed 
them. 
.205.—Hierococcyx varius, Vahl. The Hawk- 
. Cuckoo. 
This is the common Cuckoo of Southern India, occurring 
plentifully on the plateau of the Nilghiris, on their slopes, and 
all through the Wynaad and Mysore country. It is especially 
abundant on the Nilghiris, and there is hardly a garden or 
grove of trees that does not contain one or more. I have 
seen the young of this species being fed by Trochalopterum 
cachinnans. 
207.—Hierococcyx sparveroides, Vig. The Great 
Hawk-Cuckoo. 
This species is nowhere abundant, but occurs most numer- 
ously on the Nilghiris, frequenting the sholas, and occasionally 
also well-wooded gardens. Birds from Southern India never 
