288 CTTcuriD^. 



i". Ad. sk. Fort Beaufort. Sharpe Coll. 



k" , I". Ad. ; ?h". South Africa. 



Imm. St. 

 n". Ad. sk. Knysna, Dec. (C. J. Anders- Tweeddale Coll. 



smi). 

 o". Ad. sk. Damara-Land (C /. ^.). Sharpe Coll. 



p", q". Ad. et Anoola (Monteiro). Sharpe Coll. 



juv. sk. 

 r". S ad. sk. Katenhella, Benguela, Dec. Sharpe Coll. 



[Sala). 



11. CHALCOCOCCYX. 



Type. 

 Chalcococcyx, Cah. Mus. Hcin. iv. \i. 15 (18ry) . . C. xautliorhyuchus. 



Bange. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon to the Burmese Countries 

 and the Malayan Peninsula, throughout the whole of the Malayan 

 Archipelago to Australia and Jfew Zealand. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bill yellow ; breast regularly barred ; throat 

 barred (in the females and young). 



a . Throat and vipjier parts violet .ranthorhyyiclws, p. 289. 



//. Throat and upper parts green macuhitus, p. 20]. 



h. Bill not yellow. 



c . Basal half of quills rufous vift/efi, p. 29.3. 



d'. Quills brown ; never more than margined 

 with rufous. 

 a". Under wing-coverts ban-ed. (Adults.) 

 a'". Basal two-thirds of tail rufous, with 

 the exception of the inner and outer 



feathers hasa/is, p. 294. 



h'". Basal half of tail never imiform 

 rufous. 

 (iK With no rufous edges to the quills 

 and with less rufous on the under 

 sinfaee of the wings and outer pair 

 of tail-feathers. 

 rt\ Lai'ger : wing not less than 4 

 inches. 

 «". Breast-bands bright gi-een. 

 Crown green like the back ; 

 forehead freckled with white. 

 a'. Bill wider. Slightly larger, lucidus, p. JO"). 

 v. Bill narrower. Slightly 



smaller poliurus, p. 29(5. 



If. Breast-bands coppery bronze ; 

 crown and back of neck pur- 

 plish bronze, contrasting with 

 the green back ; forehead less 



freckled with white pkiffosits, p. 297. 



h'\ Smaller : wing not more than 

 3*8 inches. Breast-band cop- 

 pery bronze : forehead stongly 

 frecliled with white malai/fwus, p. 298. 



