AVES, 111 



No. 160. Baramula, July 25, 1873. Soikuk. 



No. 163. Sopur, July 26, 1873. 



No. 1004. Yarkand, November 11, 1873. 



No. 1018. Yarkand, November 13, 1873.—" Hopopop ; Hodhod." 



Dr. Henderson says : — " The Hoopoe was seen almost daily the whole way from Lahore 

 to Yarkand city. In the barest deserts, where the Ravens that travelled with the camp were 

 almost the only living things to be seen, the Hoopoe would occasionally be met with ; and 

 again on the highest passes it was noticed, apparently entirely at its ease. It was seen at 

 Lak Zung, overlooking the Lingzi Thang, and in a former journey I saw it at the very top of 

 the Tugulung Pass (16,000 feet)." According to Dr. Scully the Hoopoe is a very common 

 bird in Kashgharia, where it is a permanent resident. " It was met with," he says, " in all 

 sorts of places ; in the fields about Kashghar and Yarkand, near villages ; at the little oasis 

 in the desert between Kharghalik and Sanju, in the valley of the Karakash ; and it seemed 

 perfectly happy in the barren region near the Karakorum Pass, an elevation of over 18,000 

 feet. The Yarkandis call it ' Hiipiip.' " 



On the 26th of May Dr. Stoliczka found young birds near Yarkand, the nest being 

 placed in a hole of a poplar. 



Order COCCYGES, 



253. ClJCULUS CANORUS 



Eamily CUCULIDiE. 

 Genus CUCULUS. 



Cuculus canorus, L. ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 180 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 

 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 320 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 119 (1876); Scully, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 134 (1876) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 50; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 49; Scully, ibid. p. 430; 

 C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 103 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 91 ; Severtz. Ibis, 

 1883, p. 71 ; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 357 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 48 (1885) ; Eadde, Ornis, 

 iii. p. 491 (1887). 



Nos. 42, 43. Miirree, June 25, 1873. 



No. 191. Srinagar, July 28, 1873.—" Vairul." 



No. 506. Kharbu, August 22, 1873. — [A young bird in customary dark plumage.] 



No. 1718. Yangihissar, April 1874. 



Nos. 1752, 1753, 1754, 1765. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874.— [Adults in grey plumage.] 



Nos. 1707, 1779, 1783. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874.— All three in hepatic plumage. 



Dr. Henderson writes : — '' The Common Cuckoo was met with on the upward journey in 

 May and June along the whole road from Jamu up to the Banihal Pass, and thence via 

 Srinagar and the Sind Valley to the Zoji-la, where the last specimen was seen, chanting 

 its ' note of dread to husbands' ears ' from a budding birch-tree, close to the snow, and at 

 an elevation of some 11,000 feet." Dr. Scully states that the Common Cuckoo arrives in the 

 plains of Eastern Turkestan about the middle of April, and leaves about the beginning of 

 August. He gives a long account of its breeding habits &c., and says that the Turki name is 

 " Kakkok:' 



