Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath.
The Grey - headed Cuckoo.

Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath., Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 324 ; Hume, Rough Draft N. & E. no. 201.

Nothing certain is known of the eggs of this species, the Greyheaded Cuckoo. Mr. R. Thompson says it lays in May and June, and that he has killed old and young birds together in June.

An egg believed to belong to this species was taken by Mr. Brooks out of a nest of Phylloscopus humii at Goolmerg, Cashmere, on the 2nd of June. It is an elongated, cylindrically ovate egg, nearly the same size at both ends, which are both obtuse; pure white and glossy. The nest Contained three of the eggs of P. humii, which are only about half the size of this egg, almost glossless, and richly spotted with red.

The egg measures 0.81 by 0.57 inch.