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Governor Ussher obtained one in Fantee, on Connor's Hill, Cape Coast, on the 2nd November, 

 1870; Weiss obtained one in St. Thomas; Andersson procured three at Objimbinque, Damara 

 Land — one on the 31st March, 1861, the second on the 1st of April, 1864, and the third on the 

 6th February, 1865 ; and Professor Barboza du Bocage records it from Biballa, in West Africa. 

 Julien Desjardins states (P. Z. S. 1832, p. Ill) that the Cuckoo is common at Madagascar, and 

 it is said to occur in Mauritius. Hartlaub has separated the Madagascar bird under the name 

 of Cuculus rocliii (I. c), but, it would appeal - , without sufficient reason. According to Mr. E. 

 Newton (Ibis, 1863, p. 453), however, the note of the Madagascar bird differs somewhat from that 

 of ours. 



In Asia the common European Cuckoo is found as far east as Japan ; and, according to 

 Dr. Meyer (J. f. O. 1873, p. 405), it has been met with as far south as Celebes. It is said by 

 Dr. Severtzoff to breed throughout Turkestan ; and Mr. Blanford writes (E. Persia, ii. p. 119) 

 that it " abounds in parts of Persia, and must breed early. I saw a Cuckoo, and heard the well- 

 known note repeatedly amongst the Baluchistan hills, in a region almost devoid of trees, in the 

 months of February and March, at an elevation of from 2000 to 4000 feet above the sea. The 

 first Cuckoo was heard near the Nihing river on the 18th of February. I scarcely think it pro- 

 bable, however, that these birds were breeding so early, or that they selected a place so singularly 

 devoid of bird life in general as were the hills on the Nihing river. I am rather inclined to 

 suspect that all seen in Baluchistan migrated about March to the Persian highlands ; for after 

 first meeting with them I observed few or none until after passing Karman in the beginning of 

 May. Thence to Shiraz they Avere common ; and many doubtless breed on the wooded hill-sides 

 and valleys of Fars ; for I procured one young bird in June, and Major St. John, at Shiraz, 

 observed several in May, June, and July. Throughout the comparatively bare Persian table- 

 land from Shiraz to Tehran I occasionally saw Cuckoos in and about gardens; but in the valleys 

 of the Elburz Mountains, north of Tehran, they abounded to an extent 1 have never seen else- 

 where. One or two birds appeared to haunt each one of the rows of poplars which are planted 

 everywhere in the bottoms of the valleys where there is sufficient soil for cultivation." To this 

 Major St. John adds that the Cuckoo probably remains in the southern parts of Persia during 

 winter, for he heard one calling in the lower hills near the sea on the 25th of January, and shot 

 one in the brown plumage at Kohrud, 500 miles distant, 7500 feet above the sea, in the first 

 week in April. Dr. Jerdon writes (B. of India, i. p. 322) : — " It is found, though rarely, through- 

 out all India. I procured a young specimen in N. lat. 11° at the Tapoor Pass; and I have seen 

 it at Hyderabad, Nagpore, Mhow (where very abundant in the rains, frequenting bushes on 

 grassy plains), Saugor, and in Goomsoor. Major Franklin states that it is common in Bengal ; 

 Sykes procured it in the Deccan, Tickell in Chota Nagpore ; and I have lately seen and heard it 

 tolerably common at Darjeeling. Blyth has occasionally obtained it near Calcutta, and an 

 example in immature plumage recently at Moulmein in October; and it has been found, 

 though rarely, in Ceylon. Its well-known call has given rise to its names in different languages ; 

 and the Lepcha name (Ku-ku-pho) nearly corresponds with the English. In Southern India it is 

 only (apparently) a very straggling and rare visitor. In Central India it remains two or three 

 months in the spring, and may breed, as its call has been heard by me at Goomsoor, Saugor, 

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