A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.313

v2.c29.313

655 Cf. Su.Sū.46.67 (koyaṣṭikā). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Centropus chlorhynchus*, the green-bill coucal. Gulabkunverba: coucal. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. *Centropus chlorhynchus* Blyth, the Ceylon coucal, is a bird peculiar to Sri Lanka (see S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 245–246). See on the Indian coucals: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 240–242, 245–247. K.N. Dave (1985: 405–406) is of the opinion that three different birds are designated by the term koyaṣṭi: the little egret, the night heron and the little green heron; elsewhere (357–359) he says that the koyaṣṭi of Caraka comprises the smaller crested herons and the bitterns. See on *Egretta garzetta garzetta* (Linnaeus), the little egret: S. Ali and