340 ctJcrLiDJ5, 



those of the last specimen, but the pale markings are rather 

 stronger and more marked on the ends of the quills and outer 

 tail-feathers ; the eyebrows and the underparts are buff, the latter 

 rather irregularly mottled and barred with black, especially on the 

 tail-coverts ; under surface of the wing black, with a few partial 

 narrow bars showing through. Total length 23*6 inches, culmen 

 1-55, wing 9-4, tail 14*2, tarsus 2-1. 

 Ilah. .South-eastern Xew Guinea. 



a. S ad. sk. East Cape, New Guinea. C. Hunsteiu [C.]. 



h. Ad. ; c. Imm. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Seebohm Coll. 



d. J ad. sk. Yule Island, S.E. New Seebohm Coll. 



Guinea, Nov. {Dr. 



James). 

 ^)f- cJ $ ad. sk. Sogere district, Astrolabe 11. O.Forbes, Esq. lC.]. 



range, Sept. 

 g, h. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. Seebohm Coll. 



i, A;. Ad.; /.Imm. ftk. Port Moresby. Forbes Coll. 



m. S ad. sk. Port Moresby, Dec. i^Li: Tweeddale Coll. 



0. Finsch). 



11. Centropus phasianus. 



Cuculus phasianus, LafJi. Ind. Orn. ii. Suppl. p. 30 (1801). 



Coucal geant, Lvvaill. Ois. Afr. v. p. 64, pi. 'i2'?> (180(3) ; Sundev. 

 Krit. Framst. om LevaUl. p. 49. 



Polophilus phasianus, Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. IIG, pi. 46 (1814) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 48, pi. 11 (1815) ; Cab. 4- Heine, Miis. 

 Hein. iv. p. 121 (1862). 



Polophilus variegatus. Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. 116, pi. 51 (1814) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 47, pi. 10 (1815). 



Polophilus leucogaster, Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. 117, pi. 52 (1814) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. Lx. p. 49, pi. 12 (1815). 



Polophilus gigas, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 45 (1815). 



Centropus phasianus, Tenim. Man. Orn. i. p. Ixxiv (1815) ; Fit/. 

 c^- Horsf. Tr, Linn. Sue. xv. p. 306 (1824) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 

 p. 214 (1826) ; Gould, Intr. B. Austr. p. 68 (1848) ; id. B. Aiistr. 

 iv. pi. 92 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 78 ( 1849) ; Bj). 

 Consp. i. p. 108 (1850) ; Beichb. Voy. Neuholl. ii. pp. 118, 310 

 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 5 (1854) ; Sold. Mus. Pays- 

 Bus, Cuculi, p. 03 (1864) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. 1. p. 634 

 (1865); Grail, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 214, no. 8982 (1870) ; Rnmsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 601 ; Forbes, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 125 ; id. Bep. Voy. 

 ' Challenger,' ii. p. 90 (1880) ; SharjK, Toy. 'Alert,' p. 25 (1884); 

 Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 15. 



Corydonix phasianus, Vieill. N. Diet, xxxiv. p. 295 (1819). 



Corydonix giganteus, Vieill. t. c. p. 295. 



Corydonix variegatus, Vieill. t. c. p. 298, 



Centropus variegatus, Vig. ^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 214 (1824) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 214 (1826) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 455 

 (1846). 



Centropus gigas, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 214 (1826). 



Centropus macrourus, Gould, Introd. B. Austr. p. 68 (1848) ; id. B. 

 Austr. iv. text to pi. 92 (1848) ; Beichb. Vog. Neuholl. ii. pp. 119, 



