CTTCULUS MACULATUS. 
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island ■ Layard knew nothing of it, and I conclude entered it in the catalogue of Ceylon birds by himself 
and Kelaart published in the Appendix to the ‘ Prodromus,’ solely on the authority of Brown. 
It has not as yet been detected in Southern India, and J erdon says it has been rarely procured even in 
the central part of the Peninsula ; its habitat is essentially the sub-IIimalayan region, and (according to 
Birth) Arakan and Tenasserim. Jerdon obtained it at Darjiling, and Hodgson procured it in Nepal. Its 
occurrence in Ceylon can only be accounted for on the supposition of its having migrated southwards m the 
usual manner, following thus the example of all the true Cuckoos which visit Ceylon. 
Habits . — But little is known of the habits of this lovely little bird; but they may, I have no doubt be 
considered to resemble those of other members of this beautiful group. Gould writes of C lucidus that 
“ while searching for food its motions, although very active, are characterized by a remarkable degree of 
quietude, the bird hopping about from branch to branch in the gentlest possible manner, picking an insect 
here and there, and prying for others among the leaves and the corners of the bark with the most scru imzing 
care.” The same interesting manners are doubtless possessed by the present species. Jerdon states that 
the food of the one he shot at Darjiling consisted of insects. 
