234 



/". c? ad. sk. 



g"-'k!'. (S ad. et 



imm. ; I", in" . 



2 ad. sk. 

 w", o", iS' . S ad. 



sk. 

 q", r". S ad. ; s". 



5 ad. sk. 

 t". Ad. sk. 

 m". Ad. sk. 

 y", ?(;". Ad. sk. 

 x". Ad. sk. 



2/". $ juv. sk. 



z". cJ ad. sk. 



a\ d' ad. sk. 



CUCULID^. 



Pahpoon, Tenasserim, Jan. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Damson). 

 Thatone, Dec. ( W. Davison), Hume Coll. 



Amherst, Dec, Jan. 



Moulmein, Nov., Dec. 



Salanp:a Island. 

 Penaug-. 

 Malacca. 

 Manila, Luzon. 



Ningpo, China, June (-R. 



SwinJwe) . 

 Foochow, Szechuen, May {R. 



Siin'nhoe). 

 Changchow, Szechuen, May 16 



(R. Swinhoe). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Capt. Weber [C.]. 

 Pinwill Coll. 

 Pinwill CoU. 

 Gould Coll. (Type 



of C. stremms.) 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebolim Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Hierococcyx bocki. 



Hierococcyx bocki, Wardlaic Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, pp. 157-159 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 394, 1890, p. 11. 



Adult (type of species). Similar to H. sparverioides, but smaller, 

 and greyer on the sides of the head and upper half of the throat ; 

 sides of head uniform grey with the chin, and with no white in front 

 of the eyes and cheeks ; upper half of throat nearly uniform grey 

 like the chin, being only slightly mottled with white. Total length 

 1<3"2 inches, culmen 0-9.3, wing 7'5, tail 7'3, tarsus 0'9. 



/lab. Mountains of Sumatra and North-western Borneo (Kina 

 Balu). 



(S ad. sk. 



Mt. Sago, Sumatra^ Sept. 5 

 (CUock). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 (Type of species.) 



3. Hierococcyx varius. 



Cuculus varius, Vahl, Skriv. af NaUir. Selsk. {Copenhagen), iv. p. 61 



(1797); £li/th, i'at.B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 70 (1849) ;" Kelaart, Cat. 



Ceylon B., App. Prodr. p. 60 (1853) ; Layard, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (2) xiii. p. 452 (1864) ; Sckl. 3Ius'. Pays-Bus, Cuculi, p. 14 



(1864). 

 ? Cnculus tenuirostris. Less. Traite, p. 146 (1831) ; Piicher. Rev. et 



May. Zool. 1863, p. 69. 

 Cuculus ejulans, Smidev. Physiogr. Sallsk. Tidskr. i. p. 54 (1838) ; 



Strickl Ann. <^ May. Nat. 'Hist. 1846, p. 398. 

 Hierococcyx varius, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. 



p. 700 (1856) ; Cab. i^ Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 29 (pt., 1862) ; 



Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 329(1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 361 ; Holdsivortfi, 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 431 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 13 ; Adam, Str. F. i. 



p. 373 (1873); Biyth, J. As. Soc. {Ceylon Branch), \^7 i, \\ 67; 



