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CUCTJLID^. 



with white partially tinted with rufous. Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0"6, wing 4'2, tail 3'4, tarsus (>7. 



Nestling. Above alternately barred with rufous and metallic 

 green, except on the rump and tail ; upper tail-coverts dark brown 

 barred with rufous ; centre tail-feathers nearly black, broadly 

 washed on their edges with fiery copper ; remainder of the tail 

 white, washed with rufous and having some black bands ; beneath 

 white barred with coppery brown : bill yellow. Total length 

 ^■iJ inches. 



Young. Differs from the nestling in having a greater amount of 

 green both above and below : the feathers of the head and under- 

 parts have broad metallic green ends, a white bar, and their bases 

 dusky black. Total length 4'5 inches. 



The last signs of immaturity in the males are the bars on the 

 under wing-coverts, though tlae bars on the breast remain for a 

 long time. On comparing West-African skins with South-African 

 ones, the former generally have the breast rather darker yellow, 

 the tail slightly longer, and the white bars on the outer tail-feathers 

 broader and less numerous. 



The type of Cuculus splendidus, Gray, is an adult male which 

 has lost its two pairs of outer tail-feathers, and has the breast 

 Tjlcached to white, which often occurs when specimens of this species 

 have been exposed to light. 



Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



a. J ad. sk. 



b. ^ ad. sk. 



c-f. dad.;// /.■. 2 

 ad. et imm. sk. 



l-o. c? ad. ; p. $ 

 ad. sk. 



(J, r. Juv. sk. 



.V, f, u. S ad. sk. 



V. S ad. sk. 



10. (S ad, sk. 

 X, y. S Ad. sk. 

 z. c? juv. sk. 

 a', b'. cJ ad. sk. 

 c'. (5 ad. sk. 



West Africa. 

 River Gandjia. 

 Fantee (Aubrnii). 



Purchased. 

 Shai-pe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Gold Coast (//. T. Ussher). Shelley CoU. 



Cameroons Mountains. 

 Gaboon ( Walker). 

 Ogowe Kiver. 



Angola. 



Natal. 



Natal {Ay res). 



Durban, Nov. {(inrdye). 



South Africa. 



Esq. 



d\ e'. (S $ f-d. sk. South Africa {Layurd). 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 H. T. Ansell, 



[P.]. 

 Monteiro Coll. 

 Dr. Gueinzius [C."'. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 L.Merville,Esq.[P.J. 

 (Type of ('. Kph'ndidus.) 

 Sharpe Coll. 



2. Chrysococcyx flavigularis. 



Chrysococcyx flavigularis, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1870, p. (J7'J, pi. 50. 



Adult (type of species). Entire upper parts, as well as the sides 

 of the head and neck, golden green, with a very strong shade of 

 copper- or lilac-bronze ; two centre tail-feathers iiniforni ficr}' 

 copper, the next pair dark brown glossed with fiery copper, with 

 white ends and a broad white outer margin to the basal three 



