Indian Birds 
Name No. of 
Call of Bird in 
Bird Part ‘II 
A shrill, trembling scream. . The Swift 124 
A sound like a stone sliding) The Common 
over ice Nightjar 126 
Chuk, chuk, ca le ee 
tapping of a aie with a Nightjar 127 
hammer . 
Acrescendo “ brain-fever, i eae 
Jever, BRAIN-FEVER’ Bird. . 128 
A crescendo “ku-il, ku-il, xu-1L” The Koel 130 
A low, sonorous, owl-like whoot,) The Crow- 
whoot, whoot . Pheasant 131 
Loud screams uttered during) The Paro- 
flight . quets 132-134 
“A torrent of squeak and) 
chatter and gibberish,”’ 
kucha, kwachee, kwachee, |The Spotted 
kwachee, khwachee rapidly ( Owlet . 135 
uttered in a shrieking, chat- 
‘tering tone . 
a, 
A weird screech, heard at night| Oc) cai 136 
The Scops 
Owl . . 138 
tonously at regular intervals 
of ten seconds, comp . 
72 
A single hoot repeated mono- ' 
