koel

The incubation period of the egg of the koel is shorter than that of the crow, the consequence is that when, as usually happens, there is one of the former and several of the latter in a nest, the young koel is invariably the first to emerge.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Among those birds of North Queensland jungles which have marked individualistic characters is that known as the koel cuckoo, which the blacks of some localities have named

My Tropic Isle 2003

At first the call of the koel is a squeak, but later it takes the form of a creditable, if ludicrous, attempt at a caw.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Among those birds of North Queensland jungles which have marked individualistic characters is that known as the koel cuckoo, which the blacks of some localities have named "calloo-calloo" -- a mimetic term imitative of the most frequent notes of the bird.

My Tropic Isle 1887

When the summer rain comes, so does the distinctive call of the koel, or rainbird.

Archive 2009-02-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2009

When the summer rain comes, so does the distinctive call of the koel, or rainbird.

Koel Ivan Donn Carswell 2009

I have not only heard the koel calling there, but have seen a young koel being fed by crows.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The koel (_Eudynamis honorata_) occurs on the Nilgiris and has been shot at Ootacamund.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

This is a near relative of the Indian koel, which bears remarkable resemblance to an American hawk

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

Now, at Almora alone of the hill stations does _Corvus splendens_, the Indian house-crow, occur, and this is the usual victim of the koel.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916