( .')4o ) 



51. Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.). / 



Cnculas merKlinus IScop., Del. FUir. ct Faun. Insubr.n. p. 89 (1786). fEx Son- 

 uerat, Vog.Noxr. Gniti. p. 121, "Petit Coucou de I'isie Panay," Panaj', Philippines). 



S (not quite adult) and S juv., Gnnong Tahan, November 1901, lOOO ft. 



In the Hand-list of Sharpe C. iiu'ruliiuis and threnodes are again united. I 

 agree with Finsch [cf Xotes Lei/deii Mns. xxii. (I'JOO) p. 82] that C. 7nendinns and 

 C. sepidcralis (this will be the proj)er name of the form I always kept separate as 

 threnodes) are different species, and I do not see how the Celebes form (viridis) can 

 be separated again. C. sepnlcralis is generally largin-, the upperside deep brown 

 with a bronzy green sheen, the under surface deep rnfous,only the chin more or less 

 grey. The young below whitish, barred across. ('. merulinus is generally smaller, 

 above much lighter, head and throat light grey, rest of under surface pale rnfous- 

 buflf. The young is much more reddish, less blackish and whitish. Moulting and 

 intermediate specimens are less easy to distinguish and sometimes troublesome. If 

 the differences between the two species are reijeated twenty times more they may 

 begin to be accepted universally. 



52. Chalcococcyx malayanus (EafH.).'' 



ChcuIus malai/anus Raffl., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 286 (Malay Peninsula). 

 "?." Gunong Tahan, November lUUl, lOOO ft. 



53. Zanclostomus javanicus (Horsf.). 



Phoenicophaes javanicus Horsf, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zo;«/. xiii. (1822) p. 178 

 (Java). 



SS. Gunong Tahan 50(JU— 70011 ft, 1901. 



54. Rhopodytes tristis Less. 

 Melius tristis Less., Traiti: d'Orn. (1831) p. 132 (" Patrie ?" I accept as the 

 original locality Pegu : ex Belanger's Voi/. ZooL, by Lesson, p. 231). 

 " ? ? " Sungei Lebeh, May 19U1 . 

 One has an unusually large bill, the other not. 



55. Rhopodytes diardi (Less.). ~^ 



Melius diurdi Less., Truite d'Orn. (1831) p. 132 (-'Java." This must be an 

 error, as the species has never been found in Java. 1 substitute as the original 

 locality Sumatra). 



S ? . Sungei" Lebeh, Blay 1901. 6. Gunong Tahan, November 1901, lOOO ft. 



5(i. Rhopodytes sumatranus (RafB.). 

 Cuculus sumatrunjis liaill.. Trains. Linn. Soc. Loud. xiii. (1822) j). 287 

 (Sumatra). 



c??. Gunong Tahan, 5000— Tniin ft. /■ 



57. Rhinortha chlorophaeus (Ratfl.). 

 Cuculus chlorophaeus RaflL, Trans. Linn. Soc. Land, xiii, (1S22) p. 288 

 (Sumatra). 



J ?. (wrongly sexed) Sungei Lebeh. i ?. Gunong Tahan, lOOO and 4000 ft. 



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