Variation upon the theme the Indian cuckoo whose call indicates that the wild kaphal fruit is ripe in Uttarkhand and Western Nepal.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

Genus: Cuculus

Species: C. micropterus

jhaffur khan azad darakth: bansuri, bass clarionet, percussion

Joel Banner Baird: accoustic bass and guitar