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2. Centropus milo. 



Centropus milo, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 13G ; Gray, Cat. B. Trap. 



Isl. p. ;34 (ISoO) ; ,SV/. P. Z. S. 18G9, p. 124 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 214, no. 8974 (1870) ; Bamsay, Pr. Limi. Sue. N. 8. Wales, iv. 



p. m (1870) ; Tri.it r. Iljh, 1882, p. 143; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. Wales, vii. p. 21 (1882). 

 Nesoceutor milo. Cab. S,- Heine, Mas. Rein. iv. p. 120, note (1802) ; 



Salrad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiii. p. 403 (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, 



i. p. 385 (1880), iii. p. o21 (1882) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 191 ; 



S/iarpe, in Gould's B. New Guin. iv. pi. 44 (1888) ; Salvad. 



Ayy. Orn. Papuasia, 1889, p. 52. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and chest buffy wliite : remainder of 

 the plumage black, strongly glossed with greenish blue : " iris red; 

 bill and legs black '"( Woodford). Total length 28 inches, culmen 

 2-5, wiug 10, tail 13-2, tarsus 2-8. 



Youiuj. General plumage rufous, broadly barred with black, the 

 black predominating over the rufous on the head and neck. Total 

 length 2G inches, culmen 2-5, wing 9-2, tail lOS, tarsus 2-8. 



Hah. Island of Guadalcanar in the Solomon Archipelago. 



3. Centropus goliath. 



Centropus goliath, Bjk Consp. i. p. 108 (1850) {ex Forsten, MSS. in 



Mtis. Liiyd.) ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyqod. p. 5 (1854) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 



1860, p. 359; Sc/il. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 61 (1864); id. 



Dierent. p. 102 : Finsch, Xeu-Guin. p. 160(1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 214, no. 8970 (1870). 

 Nesocentor goliath. Cab. 4- Heine, 3Ius. Hein. iv. p, 118 (1802) ; 



Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 703 (1875), xiii. p. 462; id. 



Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 382 (1880) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 566. 



Adult. Black, strongly glossed with green and blue, the latter 

 colour more evident on the wings and tail ; a large white patch is 

 formed on the wings by the primary-coverts and the greater wing- 

 coverts : bill and legs black, iris red. Total length 26-5 inches, 

 culmen 2, wing 10-5, tail 16, tarsus 2*3o. 



Iinuiaturc. Differs from the adult in having the head, neck, and 

 underparts brownish black, marked on the head and hind neck 

 with white shaft-stripes or triangular spots, while the underparts 

 are biu^rcd. 



Ilab. Islands of Batchiau and Halmahera or Gilolo, in the 

 Aloluccas. 



a. Ad. St. [Batchiau.] Old Coll. 



b, c. $ ad. ; (/. Batchiau (A. B, WalUue). Tweeddale Coll. 

 Juv. sk. 



