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sounds something like the last syllable, being tvM-wJiew, whe-iohe-e-Wj 
much lengthened out, and very plaintive. I found its food to consist 
chiefly of caterpillars. Irides ruby-red." — (Jerdon.) 
" In Ceylon this is very abundant throughout the island ; it is 
migratory, appearing about Jaffna in the month of February." — 
(Layard.) 
1019. POLYPHAGIA SONNEP.ATI, Latham Sp. 
Cuculus Sonneratii, Latham, Ind. Orn. 1. p. 215 (1790). 
Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 906 ; XIV. p. 204 ; 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 72. Strickland, J. A. S. 
Beng. XIII. p. 390 ; P. Z. S. (1846),^. 104. G. B. 
Gray, Gen. of B. II. p. 463. Layard, Ann. N. H. 
XIII. n. s. p. 452. 
Cuculus Pravata, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 
p. 179 (1821). Latham, Hist. ofB. 111. p. 286. 
Cuculus rufovittatus, Brapiez, Diet. Class. d^Sist. Nat. 
Cuculus venustus, Jerdon, Madras Journ. XIII. pt. II. 
p. 140 (1844). 
Cuculus himalayanus, apiid Jerdon, Madras Journ. XI. 
p. 220. 
Sonnerat's Cuckoo, Latham. 
Small Bay Cuckoo, Jerdon. ' 
Tkacha, Java, Horsfield. 
A. Java. {G. Pravata, Horsf.) From Dr. Horsfield's 
Collection. 
h. c. d. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
" Pound, though rarely, all over the peninsula of India, in thick 
forest jungle. I have observed it once or twice only in Malabar, and 
in the Coonoor Ghaut, but have seen specimens from Travancore, 
where it appears tolerably abundant, and also from the eastern range 
of Ghauts, about the latitude of Madras. The stomach of the only 
specimen I shot contained caterpillars." — (Jerdon.) 
" Dr. Kelaart procured several specimens of this in Ceylon, and it 
is one of our rarest birds." — (Layard.) 
Genus Hierococcyx, Muller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 233 (1842). 
1020. HIEROCOCCYX SPAEVEROIDES, Vigors Sp. 
Cuculus sparveroides. Vigors, P. Z. S. (1831), p. 173. 
Gould, Cent. ofB. t. 53. Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI. 
