30 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 5. N:0 9. 



obscured and these part have assumed a neutral rather dark 

 greyish brown hue, which gradually shades into the rufescent 

 brown of the upper neck which, however, also is more darkened 

 by melanistic pigment than the neck the common Hoopoe. 

 The colour of the head is about the same as in the typical 

 race (perhaps a httle more rich), but on the fore-neck and 

 breast there is again an increase of dark pigment which, al- 

 though it does not obscure the vinous rufous, makes these 

 parts somewhat darker than in the majority af typical speci- 

 mens. This colour ceases rather abruptly on a level with the 

 anterior margin of the outer white band across the greater 

 coverts of the folded wing and gives place to the white of the 

 abdomen, which has the usual dark stripes. The light colour 

 of the abdomen is practically pure white, not påle buff or 

 buffish Avhite as in the European Hoopoe, in which also the 

 light abdominal colouration does not extend so far forward 

 and gradually shades into the vinous rufous of the breast. 

 The axillaries have not the pure påle vinous rufous shade as 

 in the typical race but are more dusky. 



The representatives of this race are thus easily recogni- 

 nized as well when seen from above as from beneath. 



With regard to the size there does not appear to be any 

 difference worth speaking of between this Eastern Hoopoe 

 and European specimens. The length of the wing is in two 

 specimens 151 mm., and in the third (n:o 100) 141 mm. The 

 length of culmen is in n:o 99 fully 60 mm., in the two 

 others 51 mm. 



Cuculus canorus teleplionus Heine. 



Daban »cT» (=??) (n:o 60) 7- 1908. Chara $ hepatic phase (n:o 61) "Vs 

 1908. Topka cT (n:o 62) ^Vg 1908. Kiran ef (n:o 63) "Vö 1908. Taimir ef 



(n:o 64) i-^ 1908. 



The length of the wing in the undoubted males, n:o 62, 

 63, 64 is resp. 225, 230 and 220 mm; in n:o 60 and 61, which 

 probably both are females, resp, 111 and 108 mm. The dark 

 bars of the lowerside are best developed in n:o 64, least in 

 n:o 63. In the former of these they are not narrower than in 

 many t3rpical specimens from Sweden and some old specimens 

 from this country have in the middle of the under side narrower 

 and more faintly developed bars than any of these specimens. 

 On the average, however, the bars of Swedish Cuckoos are 



