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in March and April) ; Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 58 (Chitral: 
fairly common in summer) ; Battray, t. c. p. 661 (abundant 
in the Murree Hills); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 726; Magrath, 
op. cit. xviii. p. 296 (abundant at Thandiani, 9000 ft., 
Hazara District). 
The familiar call of the Cuckoo is heard in Kohat from 
early in April till nearly the middle of May. The bird is 
found up to the tree-limit on the Safed Koh, but is rather 
scarce. It continues calling there till well past the middle 
of July. 
Major Magrath (l. c .) records his finding Blue Cuckoo’s 
eggs. 
[1118.] Coccystes jacobinus. The Pied Crested Cuckoo. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 726 (Kashmir: not common, 
but several specimens were procured in the Valley). 
Occurs rarely during the autumn migration. I have met 
with it on three occasions, viz. in August and September. 
[1120.] Eudynamis honorata. The Indian Koel. 
AAard, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 726. 
I cannot do better than quote the following notes made 
by Major Magrath :—“A summer visitor in small numbers, 
much to the annoyance of Corvus splendens. In the early 
summer of 1905 there were probably not more than half a 
dozen birds in the station, but they made enough noise for a 
hundred. I picked up a dead fledgling in the month of 
August.” 
Arrives in Kohat about the middle of May. 
[1138.] Pal^eornis torquatus. The Bose - winged 
Parroquet. 
Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 727. 
The following details are also from Major Magratli’s 
notes :— (i A resident, though scarce. There are probably 
not more than eight or a dozen in the District, all of which 
frequent cantonments. I know of only two trees where 
they nest, one a large cotton-tree (Simal) and the other 
a Cirrus. A tame example which I kept in a state of semi- 
freedom used often to mix with the wild birds, but the 
