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199, CucTJLUS CANORUS. European Cuckoo. 

 I procured one specimen at Darjeeling in 1862. 



201. CucuLus POLiocEPHALUS. Small Cuckoo. 

 Darjeeling collection^ 1862. 



205. HiEROcoccYX VARius. Common Hawk-Cuckoo. 

 Observed in Maunbhoom, where it was rare, and also at Bar- 

 rackpore in October. 



208. PoLYPHASiA NIGRA. Plaintive Cuckoo. 



Mauubhoom in April, but locally distributed. It probably 

 breeds there. 



209 ? PoLYPHASiA TENUiROSTRis. Bufous-belKed Cuckoo. 

 At Barrackpore, in October 1864, I shot a young male which 

 is probably referable to this species. 



212. CoccYSTEs MELANOLEucus. Pied Crested Cuckoo. 

 I procured a solitary specimen at Barrackpore, September 

 28, 1864. 



214. E UD YNAMis oRiENTALis. Indian Koel. 



Very common at Barrackpore in September 1864; but the 

 October cyclone must have destroyed numbers, for I saw but few 

 afterwards. It is found throughout Maunbhoom in small num- 

 bers, frequenting the thick trees in the neighbourhood of villages, 

 but appearing to avoid the jungles. 



217. Centropus rufipennis. Common Coucal. 



Tolerably common at Barrackpore as the cold weather ap- 

 proaches ; but I do not think it is a permanent resident there. 

 In Maunbhoom it apparently breeds ; for young birds believed 

 to be of this species were brought to me at the beginning of 

 April, at which time it is tolerably common, more so than a 

 month previously. The young were quite naked, with black 

 skins. There were two of them in the same nest. One had 

 the whole of a small snake in its stomach, which was conse- 

 quently much distended. This, added to its colour, made it 

 look very repulsive. 



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