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and Southern India as a migrant. It arrives in Sind during August 

 and September. 



Gen. Coccystes. — Goger. 



Head crested ; nostrils basal, ovate ; 4tli quill longest ; 3rd and 4tli 

 sub-equal ; tail long, graduated ; tarsi not plumed. 



Coccystes jacobinus, Bodd. PI. Enl. 872 ; Levail 0. A. t. 208. 

 Coccystes melanoleucos, Gmel. S. N., Horsf. and Moore, Oat. B. ii. p. 

 694; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 339, No. 210; Murray, Hdhk., Zool, ^c, 

 Sind, p. 131. Leptosomus afar, Franlcl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 121. 

 Oxylophus serratus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 464. — The Pied-crested 

 Cuckoo. 



Entire upper surface black witli a greenisli gloss ; chin, throat, belly, 

 vent and under tail- coverts white or fulvescent vi^hite ; bases of the 

 primaries white, forming a conspicuous wing patch; tail feathers 

 broadly tipped white ; the two middle narrowly ; shoulders white ; 

 under v/ing-coverts fulvescent white; bill black; legs bluish; irides 

 red brown. 



Length. — 13 inches, wing 5-5 to 5'75, tail 6*75 to 7, bill at front 0'75. 



Hab. — Throughout India to NepauL Common in Central and South- 

 ern India, Bengal, Upper Pegu and Ceylon, rare on the Malabar 

 Coast. In Sind, Kutch, Kattiawar, Eajputana and North Guzerat it 

 is a summer visitant (June, July) ; leaving its eggs to the care of 

 Ghatarhcea caudaia in Sind, and in other places usually to Malacocircus 

 griseus or malcolmi. 



Gen. Eudynamys. — Vig. and Horsf. 



Bill strong, thick, vertically deep, and hookedattip; 4th quill longest; 

 tarsi not plumed below the joint, flattened in front. 



Eudynamys honorata, Linn. PL 'Enl. 294, 586; Lev. 0. A. t, 

 214. Eudynamys orientalis, Linn. Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 342, No. 214; Cat. 

 Eodgs. Coll. B. M.-p.U9i Murray , Hdlk ., Zool, Sj-c, Sind, p. 132.— 

 The Indian Koel. 



Male. — Entirely black with a greenish gloss ; bill pale greenish j 

 irides fine crimson ; legs slaty blue. 



Length. — 15-5, wing 7-6, bill at front 1. 



Female. — Dusky brown with a greenish tinge, spotted with white 

 on the head, scapulars, and wing-coverts; quills, tail, and entire under 

 parts, including the under wing and thigh-coverts, barred with white. 



Length.— n to 17-6 inches, wing 7-75 to 8, tail 8. 



JIab. — Throughout India, extending to Nepaul, Ceylon, Burmah, 

 Malayana and the Phillipines ; common in the Deccan and Concan, 

 Kutch, Guzerat and Kattiawar. In Sind it is rare, and occurs only 

 during the rains, laying its eggs in the nest of the common crows 

 Gorvus splendens. 



