PALLID CUCKOO. 
this one was apparently a female, from the beautiful mottling of the wings in 
dark and hght greys ; there was a broad curved whitish stripe over the eyes. 
Next day a similarly coloured bird, but looking rather smaller, was giving its 
series of loud crescendo notes (‘ running up the scale ’) in the morning at 6 a.m. 
Tlie same individual appears to make the other call, ‘ Twit-twit-twit-twit,’ 
or ‘ Wit- wit-wit-wit,’ w^hich is often heard now, also a reedy ‘ Pe-aw ! ’ ” 
Macgilhvray recorded in the Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 162, 1914 : “ A young 
fully-fledged specimen was obtained at Sedan on 15th February, 1910. It was 
being fed by a pair of Red- throated Honey-eaters {Conopophila rufogularis). 
The colouring of the soft parts of this young bird was : Irides hght stone colour, 
legs and feet leaden. Stomach contents, large grasshoppers and portions of 
beetles. On the 16th February another young bird was seen being fed by a 
pair of Yellow-throated Miners {M. flavigala) : it w^as a mucli older bird than 
the first, but the colouring of the soft parts was the same. It is interesting 
to note that both the small Red-throated Honey-eater and the larger Miner, 
fed these young Cuckoos on the usual food of the Cuckoo family, and not on 
their own. Even the larger foster-parents rarely eat such large insects. 
This species was not noted at Cape York, though common in the GuH.” 
Wlien I reviewed the species I concluded it did not move far, and since 
observers have allowed that the species is more or less resident. A. G. 
Campbell {Emu, Vol. II., p. 16, 1902) observed : “ Wliether the Pallid 
Cuckoo {Cuculus pallidus) remains during the winter (in north-eastern 
Victoria) is doubtful. However, a bird was seen during the second week in 
June, 1899, and the first whistle heard on 1st July.” Milligan, in the same 
place (p. 172), recorded them on the other side of the continent, the first 
arrival was noted at Perth, Western Australia, on 5th July, following some 
heavy gales. 
Detailed observations should be made for a series of years in one locality 
and the results attained will probably lead to a better knowledge of this species 
than there is at present. 
McClymont in the Emu, Vol. II., p. 22, 1902, wrote : “ One day in 
September last I noticed a small bird — I was too far ofi to recognise the species — 
fluttering about in front of a PaUid Cuckoo {C. pallidus) perched on a fence. 
Its movements resembled those of a bird struggling to free itself from a nopse 
in which its feet w^ere entangled. The fluttering continued for several minutes 
until the Cuckoo flew away. On another day (20th October) a Yellow-throated 
Honey-eater {Ptilotis flavigularis) was observed flitting hurriedly from perch 
to perch before a Pallid Cuckoo near the same spot. In one of its hurried 
flights it grazed the Cuckoo’s head, causing the latter to flinch slightly, and 
this was the only movement on the part of the Cuckoo on either occasion. This 
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