SOME MAYMYO BIRDS. 1009 



No. 1009. Thereiceryx lineatus, (Vieill.) — (The Lineated Barbet.) 



Common. 



No. 1119. Xantholcelma hcematocephala, (P. L. S. Mull.) — (The " Copper- 

 Smith.") 



Heard on several occasions. 



No. 1023. Coracias affinis, (Mclell.) — (The Burmese Roller.) 



Common. Nest found containing five incubated eggs on the 13th 

 April. 



No. 1044. Halcyon smymensis, (Linn.)— (The White-breasted Kingfisher.) 



One nest found placed in a hole in the side of an old rifle pit containing 

 two eggs. 



No. 1067. TJpupa indica, (Reich.) — (The Indian Hoopoe.) 



One nest containing young birds found in May. 



No. 1086. Macropteryx coronata, (Tick.).— (The Indian-crested Swift.) 



On the march up saw a bird evidently sitting on its nest, which was 

 placed fairly high up on a dead branch. 



No. 1093. Caprimulgus macrurus, (Horsf.) — (Horsfield's Nightjar.) 



Did not find any nests, but birds were calling at nights all round our 

 camp. 



No. 1104. Cuculics canorus, (Linn.) — (The Cuckoo.) 



Very plentiful. We found eggs and young both in the nests of P. 

 caprata and A. rufulus. 



No. 1107. Cuculus micvopterus, (Gould.) — (The Indian Cuckoo.) 



Heard its complaining cry first on the 2nd May. 



No. 1113. Cacomantis merulinus, (Scop.) — (The Rufous-bellied Cuckoo.) 



Plentiful and very noisy in May ; the cock-bird's call in an ascending 

 scale of : " Did you do it ? " " Did you do it ? " "Did you do it ? " and also 

 " Tee, tee, tee, tee, ti-rou ; " the hen-birds : " Ch'chee, we, wa, wo.;' beinc 

 continually heard. 



I saw hen-birds being hunted by Frankalina on several occasions, but 

 could find no signs of their nests. However, I shot a female C. merulinus 

 containing a well-formed soft egg, showing they must have been laying 

 somewhere. 



No. 1117. Sumiculus luffubris, (Horsf.) — (The Drongo Cuckoo.) 



Seen and heard on several occasions. Its call is a regular series of 

 whistling notes in a descending scale. 



One morning I was attracted by a pair of Sunbirds (A. asiatica) making a 

 great noise, and on going up I flushed a Drongo cuckoo from the ground 

 but could find no signs of a nest. Eventually I saw the sunbirds had 

 a young bird with them, but could find no reason why they were mobbing 

 the Cuckoo. 



No. 1119. Coccystes eoromandus, (Linn.) — (The Red-winged Cuckoo.) 

 Fairly common and very noisy, and at night has a bisyllibic whistling 



