81. _Chaetura nudipes_. The white-necked spine-tail. A black bird glossed with green, having the chin, throat, and front and sides of the neck white. THE CUCULIDAE OR CUCKOO FAMILY 82. _Cuculus canorus_. The common or European cuckoo. 83. _Cuculus saturatus_. The Himalayan cuckoo. 84. _Cuculus poliocephalus_. The small cuckoo. This is very like the common cuckoo in appearance, but it is considerably smaller. Its loud unmusical call has been syllabised _pichu-giapo_. 85. _Cuculus micropterus_. The Indian cuckoo. 86. _Hierococcyx varius_. The common hawk-cuckoo. 87. _Hierococcyx sparverioides_. The large hawk-cuckoo. THE PSITTACIDAE OR PARROT FAMILY 88. _Palaeornis schisticeps_. The slaty-headed paroquet. This bird is not nearly so common in the Eastern as in the Western Himalayas. THE STRIGIDAE OR OWL FAMILY 89. _Glaucidium brodei_. The collared pigmy owlet. 90. _Syrnium indrani_. The brown wood-owl. 91. _Scops spilocephalus_. The spotted Himalayan scops owl. THE VULTURIDAE OR VULTURE FAMILY 92. _Gyps himalayensis_. The Himalayan griffon. 93. _Pseudogyps bengalensis_. The white-backed vulture. THE FALCONIDAE OR FAMILY OF BIRDS OF PREY 94. _Aquila helica_. The imperial eagle. 95. _Hieraetus fasciatus_. Bonelli's eagle. 96. _Ictinaetus malayensis_. The black eagle. This is easily recognised by its dark, almost black, plumage. 97. _Spilornis cheela_. The crested serpent eagle. 98. _Milvus govinda_. The common pariah kite. 99. _Tinnunculus alaudaris_. The kestrel. THE COLUMBIDAE OR DOVE FAMILY 100. _Sphenocercus sphenurus_. The kokla green-pigeon. 101. _Turtur suratensis_. The spotted dove. 102. _Macropygia tusalia_. The bar-tailed cuckoo-dove. THE PHASIANIDAE OR PHEASANT FAMILY 103. _Gennaeus leucomelanus_. The Nepal kalij pheasant. This is the only pheasant at all common about Darjeeling. It is distinguished from the white-crested kalij pheasant by the cock having a glossy blue-black crest. The hens of the two species resemble one another closely in appearance. 104. _Coturnix communis_. The grey quail. 105. _Arboricola torqueola_. The common hill partridge. 106. _Francolinus vulgaris_. The black partridge. Fairly common at elevations below 4000 feet. THE CHARADRIIDAE OR PLOVER FAMILY 107. _Scolopax rusticola_. The woodcock. In the summer this bird is not likely to be seen below altitudes of 8000 feet above the sea-level. _TITS AT WORK_ The average Himalayan house is such a ramshackle affair that it is a miracle how it holds together. The roof does not fit properly on to the walls, and in these latter there are cracks and chinks galore. Perhaps it is due to these defects that hill houses do not fall down more often than they do. Thanks to their numerous cracks they do not offer half the resistance to a gale of wind that a well-built house would.