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Cuculus nisicolor, Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. XII. p. 943 
(1843). Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 85. 
Bhrou Cuckoo, Lath., Hist, of B. 111. p. 264-5. 
Bychan Cuckoo, Lath., Hist, of B. 111. p. 264-6. 
Sokagu Cuckoo, Latham. 
KupuK, or Upuk, Hind., Jerdon. 
Chok-gallo, Bengal, Blyth. 
PoPiTA, Bengal, Jerdon. 
Ktjtti-putta ('Sword-bird'), Telugu, Jerdon. 
ZuK-KAT ('Custom-house bird'), Dukhun, Jerdon. 
a. Nepal {C. nisicolor, Hodgs.). Presented by B. H. 
Hodgson, Esq. 
h. Young. Bengal. From the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
c. Young. Bengal. Presented by Capt. R. C. Tytler. 
D. ^. Java (type of C. fugax, Horsf.). From Dr. 
Horsfield's Collection. 
e. Malacca. Presented by Dr. Cantor, 1854. 
Inhabits India generally, Ceylon, and the Malay countries. 
" Common in Bengal, and apparently throughout India. It is a noisy 
bird, and has two or three different notes, the most remarkable of 
which is the shrill whistling crescendo note adverted to by Mr. Jerdon, 
and which Mr. Elliot endeavours to express by the sound ' whe-wheewa, 
whe-whee-wa, whe-ivhe-e-wa, uttered eight or ten times, and sometimes 
oftener ; at first lower, and gradually rising till the later repetitions 
become extremely loud and shrill ; ' indeed, so much so, that it is 
impossible for one's attention not to be roused by it ; and the bird 
often delivers this cry perched conspicuously upon a bare branch near 
the top of a high tree, being answered to at times by others ; and not 
unfrequently two or three of them may be heard engaged in noisy 
contest, emitting then a continuously reiterated squeaking cry, which 
also increases gradually in loudness." — (Blyth.) 
" This Cuckoo is found all over the peninsula in the more wooded 
districts, not only in thick jungles, but also in groves and gardens. 
It is very numerous in the thickly-wooded western coast, and its loud, 
shrill crescendo notes, very similar to those of the Coel, are heard 
in every avenue. It flies very like the Shikra {Accipiter Busswnieri) ; 
and it is frequently pursued by small birds, probably under that im- 
pression. It lives chiefly on fruit, especially the fig of the banian- 
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