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CATALOGUE. 
" Iris pale lake-colour ; legs pale orange." — (Dr. Cantor's MS. 
Notes.) 
Dr. Horsfield remarks, " This Cuckoo descends into the plains and 
cultivated tracts, where it is heard in the morning from almost every 
tall tree. It has three distinct notes, which it repeats in great regu- 
larity with a loud but not unpleasant voice, although by many natives 
it is considered as ominous of evil."- — (Zool. Hesearches in Java.) 
1018. POLYPHASIA TENUIBOSTBIS, J. E. Gray Sp. 
Cuculus tenuirostris, J. E. Gray, Hardwiche's III. Zool. 
II. t. 34, / 1 (1833). Strichland, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. XIII. p. 391. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVIII. 
p. 805 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 72. Layard, 
Ann. JSr. H. XIII. n. s. p. 453. 
Cuculus niger, v. pyrommatus, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. 
Misc. (1844),^. 85. 
Cuculus niger, apud Latham, Gen. Hist, of B. III. 
p. 285. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 908 ; XII. 
p. 24,2. G.B.Gray,Gen.ofB.ll.p.4<6d. Hodgs., 
Cat. B. of Nepal, p. 120. 
Plaintive Cuckoo, Jerdon. 
Chota-bhrow, Bengal, {Buch.) Hamilton, MS. I. p. 35. 
PoTJSTA, Mahratta, Jerdon. 
a. h. c.d.e.S ? • Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
/. ? . Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
g. Drawing. From F. (Buch.) Hamilton's Collection. 
h. ? . Pinang. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
" From what I can learn," says Mr. Blyth, " this Cuckoo appears 
to be not a rare bird in Bengal. I have been credibly informed by 
a man that he saw a specimen of this bird (which he shot) follow a 
butterfly on the wing, which it endeavoured to capture with its feet, 
in the manner of a Hawk ; a trial that has already been recorded of 
the European Cuckoo." 
" The Plaintive Cuckoo, as it may appropriately be named, is an 
inhabitant of the western coast of the peninsula, and is found alike 
in thick jungle and in the more open spaces, and even in gardens and 
avenues. It is found at all levels, from that of the sea to the top of 
the Neilgherries, about Coonoor and Kotagherry, where it is found 
in thick bushy ground. It is found single or in pairs. It has a 
most sweet and plaintive note, which is often heard, and which 
