5. HIKROCOCCTX. 237 



Hieroooceyx fn^x, Bp. Comp. i. p. 104 (1850) ; Cah. .^- Heine Mu. 



.N4); rw,/ Il„s, 1877, p. M88; -SW;;., Ihis, 1877 i 7- 

 f/ZiwA Ann. 3Lts. r,„. (i^^ \\.. „ lor ^o-,.. ' r!, " ' P- ' ' 



?88^ . ^'55^^«^-.{f«;«.3W, m., 1884, p. 33:3; ^. Jllill. J, f, o' 



P. Z. &. 188< , p. 44l> ; id. lln,, 1890, p. 10 ' i* " ' '^""'P'^y 



Hi^ococcyx vagans, Bp. Consp. i. p. 1U4 (1850) ; Cah. &■ Heine Mus 



Hem. IV. p. 30, note (1862). ;,<->.>.;) jiejw^?, iKf^.s. 



ChcuIu.s hypeiythrus, Gould, P. Z S 1856 n Q6 • ,-,7 7? ^ • 



I884?p.^36 ^ ' "^'"■'^' ^^''' ^'''^' P- •^^"' '^««6o'^'«,i*e*, 



"'irTr-'-^'J^''*r^i''-^"^- ^' ^^^"^' ^«^- ^««.iv.p.27(186-^)- 

 W«J^^„, Tr. Z S: :x. p. 161 (1875); T.ceerkl. P.^Z S. 1678, 



Ilierococcyx hyperythrus, Cob. .S' Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. .30 note 

 i^/., 18S0, p. „7 ; T.eedd:P. I Sl^^ ',If"'' ^'^"^'^' 



''~p:s?;7i?;te^-67/''^-^' '^''^'''•'' ^^'^^ - ^^-"•^'''^' 



Hierococcyx nisicolor, ^^'r/. B. Lid. i. p. .^30 (1862)- Blufh J 4 S 

 Beng xxx. p. 93 (1861); ,V/. //,,-,, i8'o6, p. 361 ; ^^.^^/i/fllvf 



(I'J-b , lf««.., ,S/r. Z'. vm. pp. 53,88 (187!)) ; Ocde. Handh B 



f P^83'(189Si.''' ^''''^ ' '''■ ''■ """'"'' ^^^ ^- ^^- ^- 



_.^cZm?^ Above uniform slaty grey; end of the tail-feathers 

 bright rufous, otherwise very similar to those of ^. snoJr^ 

 under surface wh.te, with a very variable an>ount o'f ruVou on 

 he chest, the whole ehest being rufous in the tvpe of CuLZ 

 %,«-^^/.-«. Gould, and only broadly washed on the sides olhe 

 feathers in the type of C. «mV./o. of Hodgsou : chin grev • throat 

 white, shght y tinted with grey, and occLionaUy streaked wTh 

 brown or rutous ; the breast is entirely without bars, wh ch Iha 

 racter at once distinguishes it from the foregoing members of the 

 genus; but its most distinctive character is the intenseh rufous 



length 11-h inches, culmen 1, wing 7, tail 6-2, tarsus U-So. 



Immature \ ery similar to that of the last two species, but with 



he dark stripes on the underparts rather narrower Ld more 



sharply dehnod, and the pale ends to the tail bright rufous. 'Tris 



reddish-brown ; orl.t.s, gape, feet, and legs yellow ; bill basalJy pa"e 



green, apex blackish ( Wardlaw Iiam.«aij) ^ ^ 



Kr^w'''*''^".r'°''^", '" ^^^'"'^^^ ^° ^^' immature bird, with the back 

 sSTnche^ ""^^ "'' '^' ^''''' '■"'^'' ^'''^''- Total len^h 



Hah. From Amoor-Land through China to the Burmese countries 

 extending into the Eastern Himalayas on the west, and south 



