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304. Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.) [1118]. — The Pied-crested Cuckoo. 



Dejoo, North Lakhimpur, 25-9-10, a single immature bird in change of 

 plumage, secured in some low-lying ground. Failed to meet with it before 

 or since this date. 



306. Coccystes coromandus (L.) [1119]. — The Red-winged Crested Cuckoo, 

 Rungagora, 15-10-03, $ ; Dejoo, Rajghur, 20-4-07, pair.* 

 As a rule keeps to the dense undergrowth, in consequence seldom seen 



and difficult to arrive at its true status in the district. 



306. Eudynamis orientalis honoratus (L.) (1120). — The Indian Koel. 



Eudynamis honoratus, Blanford, F. B. T., Vol. iii., p. 228. 



Migratory in Upper Assam, evidently resident in Bengal as noisy anyway 

 in this latter province in January as it is on arrival in Assam and during 

 the later rainy months, possibly on migration extends up to the head of the 

 valley in the plains before spreading out towards the hills as my dates 

 around Dibrugarh denote earlier arrivals than in North Lakhimpur 

 although fifty odd miles farther up the valley. 



Polasbari, Bengal, 25-3-09, calling ; Goalundo, Bengal, 17-1-11, calling ; 

 Rungagora, 30-3-03*, first arrivals, 4-4-02* ; Silonibari, 10-4-11*, calling ; 

 North 'Lakhimpur (station), 16-4-10*. 



Dejoo, 9-5-07, first heard this year ; 26-5-05, c? ; Komolabari, 1—13-9-04, $ ; 

 Dejoo, 14-9-08, a young Koel flew overhead followed by some crows, C, 

 splendens and settled in a tree behind the bungalow to which the crows 

 came on and fed it ; the Koel making a feeble attempt at cawing. 



307. Rhopodytes tnstis tristis (Less.) [1123] — The Large Green-billed 



Malkoha. 



Resident throughout the plains, particularly plentiful at the base 

 of the hills. Generally found in thick secondary growth, although several 

 of my specimens have been obtained at some heights from the ground, but 

 in these cases the heavy creepers and parasitic growths on the trees gave 

 the birds the incentive to forage for food, they hop on and about the 

 creepers with occasional flicks of their long graceful tails. 



Rungagora, November, December, March; Dejoo, January, March, June, 

 specmins secured these months. Iris brown ; orbital skin and cere 

 dirty crimson ; bill light emerald green ; tarsus plumbeous green ; claws 

 dark horny. 



308. Centr opus sinensis sinensis (Steph.) [1130]. — The Common Coucal. 

 Common throughout the plains. A denizen of scrub and secondary 



growth. 



309. Centropus bengalensis (Gm.) [1133]. — The Lesser Coucal. 

 Throughout the plains. In North Lakhimpur possibly more plentiful 



than C. sinensis under the hills where it frequents similar haunts although in 

 the plains this is essentially a grass land coucal as noted around Rungagora. 



310. Palceornis torquatus (Bodd.) [1138]. — The Rose-ringed Paroquet. 

 Plentifully distributed throughout the plains. Immense flocks of Paroquets 



darken the air at times during the cold weather when on the wing. Their 

 arrowy flight and harsh chattering call is familiar to the most unobservant. 

 Their presence however when at rest unless located on the naked branches of 

 decayed trees is by no means easy to detect as the green plumage assimilates 

 with the dense foliage of the evergreen forest. 



311. Palceornis cyanocephalus rosa (Bodd.) [1140]. — The Eastern Blossom- 



headed Paroquet. 



Palceornis rosa, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iii., p. 252. 



