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CUCULIB.^. 



of the tail-feathers slightly shaded with rufous and the white bars 

 on their inner webs almost obsolete. 



The large series in the British Museum shows that these are not 

 local forms, nor have they any distinctive measurements ; therefore 

 the paler or darker colouring must be due to climate, which is 

 no doubt the cause of the other variations- — C. merulinus, Scop., 

 inhabiting the drier and more arid districts, C. threnodes, Cab., 

 from localities which have a greater amount of rainfall, while C. 

 sepulcralis is probably founded on specimens in the last stage of 

 immaturity. 



Hah. South-eastern and Central India. Eastern Himalayas to 

 Assam and China, south through the Burmese Provinces to the 

 Malayan Peninsula and the Indo-Malayan Islands. 



Madras. l)r. Jerdon [P.]. 



Ilaipur, Feb. Hume Coll. 



Calcutta, .Tan. Hume Coll. 



]3arrackpur, Sept. (7v'. C. Beavan). Tweeddale Coll. 



Dacca. Hume Coll. 



Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



Bhutan (Pemberfon). India Museum. 



Bhutan Doars, Jan. (Z. Maiulelli). Hume Coll. 



a. Ad. sk. 



h,c. (S ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. ; /. Juv. sk. 



(J. iS imm. sk. 



h. Ad. ; /, k, I. 



Imm. sk. 

 m. Imm. sk. 

 n. Juv. sk. 

 o. Imm. sk. 

 P, q, r. Ad.; s. 



Imm. sk. 

 t. cJ juv. sk. 

 u, V. (5 ad. etjuv. sk. 

 w. (S imm. sk. 



.r. Imm. sk. 



Assam (A. W. Chennell). 



Shillong, Se])t. {J. Cockhurn'). 

 Sadliva, April (J. Cockhurn). 

 N. Kbasia IliU.s, Dec. {A. W. 



ClienneU). 

 Khasia Hills. 



y,s.,(i. cJad.; 6',c',f^'- Bibrughur, Bee. to April {J. 



2 ad. et imm. sk. 

 e',f,g'. Ad.; h'-l'. 



Imm. sk. 

 m'~f . Ad. ; u' , v , 



to'. Imm. sk. 

 .1-'. cS juv. sk. 

 y'-b". Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 c"-k". cJad.etimm.; 



l"-q" • 6 imm. sk. 

 r". c?ad.; s" . Juv. sk, 

 f' ,u" . Ad.etimm.sk 

 v"-a^. Ad. sk. 



J3, c\ dK S ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 e^. 2 ad. sk. 

 /^, (f. (S ad. sk. 

 If. S ad. sk. 

 P. Juv. sk. 

 ^'', P. Ad. ; m\ n^, 



o^. Juv. sk. 

 p^, q^. c? ad. sk. 

 r". S ad. sk. 



M. Cn'pps). 

 Cachar, .Ian., March (A. O. H. 



S,- J. Inglis). 

 Manipur, March to May {A. 



O. II.). 

 Tippera ( V. Irwin). 

 Akyab district, Bee. to March 



{J. Armstronr)). 

 Lower Pegu, Bee. to May and 



July to Oct. 

 Thayetmyo, Sept. {R. G. W. R.). 

 Irawady Belta. 

 Tonghoo, March, April, June 



{R. G. W. R.). 

 Karen-nee, March i^R. G. W. R.), 



Palipoon, Bee. (W. Davison). 

 Khy-kehto, Jan. ( W. D.). 

 Thatone, .Ian. {W. I).). 

 Assoon, March (W. Lirnborg). 

 Moulmeiu, Bee, March, April, 



Aug. 

 Kaukaryit, June (/. Darling). 

 Meetan, Feb. {W. Davison). 

 Yeaboo, Attaran River, March 



(^W.D.). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Gates Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Himie Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



