224 CTTCrLTD.^. 



<Z. Ad. sk. EleLni's Vost {T. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



e. Iinm. sk. Grahamstown, Feb. ( T. Sharpe Coll. 



Atmore). 



f. Ad. sk. Kingwilliamsto-mi. Major Trevelyan [P.]. 

 (/, h. S ad. ; i. Weenen, Natal, Feb., April Seebohni Coll. 



$ ad.sk. [W.ArnoM). 



h, I. d 2 ad. sk. Weenen (J. Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Durban {Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



n. S ad. sk. Transvaal {T. Ay res). Sharpe Coll. 



(3. Coccystes albonotatus. 



Coccvstes serratus {nee Sparrm.), Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 237 ; Fischer 

 8i Beiche7i. J. f. O. 1878, p. 253 ; Fischer, t. c. p. 291. 



Coccystes albonotatus, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 594; Gurney, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 73; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 124 ; Norman, Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 409. 



Adult (type of species). Very similar to C. serraius, but larger, 

 tmd further differs in having a large white spot on the outer webs 

 of the two pairs of outer tail-feathers, and sometimes, as in the type 

 specimen, the under tail-coverts are broadly tipped with white. 

 Total length 14-8 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 6-5, tail 9, tarsus 1-15. 



A specimen from Mombasa measures : — Total length l(J-4 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing 6'3, tail 'J-2, tarsus 1-1. 



H((b. E. Africa from the Usambara Hills to Mombasa. 



«. Ad. sk. Mombasa. Rev. A. F. Buxton [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Usambara Hills (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



2. PACHYCOCCYX. ^^^^ 



Pachycoccyx, Cab. J. f. O. 1882, p. 230 P. v'alidus. 



Range. Tropical Africa and Madagascar. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger ; with no grey on the head nor sides of neck . audeberti, p. 224. 



b. Smaller ; with the head and sides of neck grey .... validits, p. 225. 



1. Pachycoccyx audeberti. 



Cuculus audeberti, Schl. Nofes Lci/den Mm. 1879, p. 09; 3Iilru:-Fdw. 

 ^- Grand. Hist. Madag., Ois. i. p. 178, pis. 66 a, 66 h (1879) ; 

 Reichen. 4'- Schalow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 427. 



Adult (type of species). Above brown, with a slight greenish 

 gloss ; priniary-coverts, greater coverts, and quills with their ends 

 margined with white ; tail-feathers with a terminal blackish band, 

 tipped with white and preceded by patches of white on their outer webs ; 

 under surface of body white, with the cheeks and under wing-coverts 



