302 crctJLiT)^. 



ear-coverts pale brown, remainder of the sides of the head white 

 like the entire underparts ; sides of the lower throat and the sides 

 of chest with rather obscure triangular duskj^ spots indicating bars 

 and assviming the form of bars on the flanks aUd thigh-coverts ; under 

 tail-coverts white, with an occasional dusky shaft-spot ; under wing- 

 coverts white, slightly washed with rufous, and with a dusky patch 

 next to the quills ; quills pale brown, with a large white basal 

 portion to the inner webs ; bill black, legs leaden. Total length 

 5'75 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3"7, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-6. 



Huh. Goram, Amboina, Halmahera, Ternate, Ke Islands, and 

 New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Ilalinahera. Tweeddde Coll. 



12. COCCYZUS. 



Type. 



Coccyzus, Vieill. Analyse, p. 28 (1810) C americanus. 



Coccygus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 977 C. americanus. 



Coccygon, Gloff. in Froriep's Nutizen, xvi. p. 277 (1827) C. americanus. 



Coccysus, Sai'i, Orn. Toscana. i. p. 1.5.3 (1827) C. americanus. 



Cureus, Boie, Isis, 18-31, p. 541 C. americanus. 



Ei'ythrophrj'S, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 322 (1837) .... C. americanus. 



Coccyguis, Nifzsch, Ptert/lor/r. p. 130 (1840) C. americanus. 



Nesococcy.x, Cah. ^ Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 79, note 



(1862) C. ferrugineus. 



Range. North America from about 49° N. lat., and South 

 America, with the exception of the extreme south. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 

 a. Tail fan-shaped. 



a'. Crown grey; back rufous. 



a". Darker, entire underparts tawny lanshergi, p. 30.3. 



h" . Paler, underparts pale buff ferrugineus, p. 303. 



b' . Back not rufous ; crown nearly similar in 

 colour to the back. 

 c". Wliite ends to the tail-feathers broader, 

 and with no subterminal black bars. 

 a"'. Quills brown; upper half of the 

 head greyer ; a broad black band 

 through the eye; breast shaded 

 with buff. 

 a'. Basal half of the lower mandible 

 orange-yellow. 

 a*. Bill smaller and slighter, culmen 

 less than 1'2 inches. Under- 

 parts paler. 

 «". Bill stouter. Underparts 



darker minor, p. 304. 



6". Bill sUghter. Underparts paler, maynardi, p. 306. 

 &'. Bill larger and stouter, cidmen 

 r3 inches. Underparts rufous 

 buff dominic(s, p. 306. 



