14. KDDTx.virts. 323 



Eiidynamis orientalis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 4G4 (1847, pt.) ; Peale, 

 U.S. E.ipl. Exp. p. 138 (1848) ; Cas^. op. cit. 1858, p. 24'J; Schl 

 Mils. Pcnjs-lias, (Juculi, p. 16 (1804, pt.) ; Cub. ^- Heine, Mus. 

 Hein. iv. p. 53, note (1862) ; Wald. Ibis, 18f39, p. 341 ; Gray, 

 Iland-l. B.'n. p. 221, no. 'J072; Rosenb. Heist, naar Geehinkh. 

 p. (1875) ; Snlvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 373 (1870), xiii. 

 p. 4G1 (1878), xiv. p. G44 (1879) ; id. Orn. Papuami etc. i. p. 359 

 (1880) ; Meyer, Verh.z.-b. Ges. Wim, 1881, p. 7U7 : Bias. u. Nehrk. 

 Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1882, p. 418 ; Pteske, Bull. Acad. Petersb. 

 xxix. p. 525 (1884); Scdvad. Agg. Orn. Pupuasia, p. 51 (1889). 



Eudvnamis ransomi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 101 (1850) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1>^60, p. 350 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 18G3, p. 23 ; ll'ald. Ibi.9, 1869, p. 343, 

 pi. 10 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 221, no. 9073 (1870) ; Wald. Trans. 

 Z. S. ix. p. 162 (1875). 



Cucuhis puiict.atus, var. ceramensis, Forsten in Mus. Lui/d., fide Bp. 

 Consp. Av. i. !>. 101 (1850). 



luidjuaiuispicatus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 4()4 (1847) ; id. P. Z. 8. 1860, 

 p. 359 ; Bosenb. K<duurh. Tijdschr. Nedcrl. Ind. xxv. p. 229 (1863, 

 pt.) ; id. J.f. O. 18G4, p. lit (pt.) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, 

 p. 19 (1664). 



'i Eudj-namis niger (wee Linn.), FinscJi, Neu-Guinea, p. 159 (1865). 



'f Eudvnamis rufiventer (wee Less.), Wald. Trans. Z, S. ix. p. 162 

 (18i'5). 



Adult male. Elack, with a strong greeuish-blue gloss : " bill pale 

 dusky greenish; ii'is red; legs duskj- bluish" {A. R. Wallace). 

 Total length 18-3 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 8-G, tail 9-3, tarsus 1-35, 



Adult female. Above glossy blue-black, shaded with green on the 

 wings, with cinnamon-coloured spots on the back and wing-coverts, 

 and bars of that colour on the quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail ; 

 beneath tawny buff, with irregular narrow partial black bars ; chin 

 and upper throat blue-black like the crown, with a broad white 

 basal band. Total length lO'o inches, culmen 1"4, wing 8-6, tail 9, 

 tarsus 1*4. 



In less adult females the black of the crown and back of the neck 

 is spotted with chestnut, the spots on the back are more numerous, 

 and the black on the upper throat is mottled with rufous buff. 



Immature male. General plumage buff, with a darker rufous shade 

 on the quills, tail, and undei^iarts : back, wings, and tail with 

 broad bars of dark brown, and with irregular patches of glossy 

 black feathers scattered over the upper parts generally ; a few of 

 the tail-feathers black ; chin and sides of the upper half of the 

 tliroat black ; l)reast almost without bars. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing 8, tail 8-4, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. Moluccas. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Lombock. Wallace CoU. 



b. S ad. sk. Morty Island. Eyton Coll. 



c. Juv k. Ilalniahera. "VN'allace Coll. 



d. e. e ad. ; f. $ Bouru. Wallace CoU. 

 ad. sk. 



y, h. S 2 ad. sk. Bouru {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale CoU 



t, k. ^ ad. ; l-o. Ceram. WaUace CoU. 



Iiuni. sk. 

 p-r. Iniin. sk. Ceram (.4. 7?. Wallace). Tweedd;ile CoU. 



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