342 



s, «', b'. Inim. ; c' , 



d'. Ad. sk. 

 c'. 5 iniQi- sk. 



/'. S fid. ; r/', /<', i. 



S 2 imm. sk. 

 k'. $ ad. ; /'. Imm. 



sk. 

 m'. Ad. ; n, o'. 



Imm. sk. 

 7>'. Imm. st. 

 q'. Ad. ; »•', s', <'. 



Imm. sk. 

 u', v'. 2 imm. sk. 



w'. Skeleton. 

 .?■'. Skeleton. 



CTJCFLTBJE. 



Cape York (J. T. C'ockerelT). 



Possession Island, Endeavom- 



Strait {Dr. Copjnnger). 

 Northern Australia. 



Port Essiugton (J. B. Jukes), 



Port Essington. 



N.W. Australia. 

 N.W. Australia. 



N.W. Australia^ T. II. Boxmjer 



Bower). 

 Port Essington. 

 Port Essington. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



A^oy. ot H.M.S. 



' Alert.' 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Voy. of H.M.S. 



'Fly.' 

 Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



Sir G. Grey_[P.]. 

 J. R.Elsey,Esq. [P.]. 



Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Purchased. 

 Eyton Coll. 



12. Centropus chlororhynchus. 



Centropus chlororhynchus, Blyth, J. A. 8. Bemj. xviii. p. 805 (1849) ; 

 id. Cat. B. 3hi.<!. A.i. Soc. p. 78 (1849) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. 

 p. 22 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 128 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Vol. 

 7A)(jod. p. 5 (1854) ; Layard, Ann. ^' Mag N. H. xiii. p. 450 

 (1854) ; Schl. Mus. Patjs-Bas, Cuculi, p. 64 (1864) ; B/yth, IMs, 

 1867, p. 298 ; Gray, Hund-l. B. ii. p. 214, no. 8968 (1879) ; Holds- 

 worth, P.Z.S. 1872, p. 4:i.3; leyge, B. C'f4//o»i, i. p. 263, pi. 13 

 (1879). 



Centrococcyx chlororhynchus, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Ilciii. iv. p. 116. 

 note (1862); Hume,' Sir. F. viii. p. 82 (1879). 



Adult male. Wings deep chocolate, shaded with chestnut, slightly 

 darker on the innermost feathers and with the ends of the quills 

 dark brown ; under wing-coverts black ; remainder of the plumage 

 black, glossed on the back of the head and the whole of the neck 

 with lilac-purple ; back almost without glo.'fs ; tail glossed with 

 greenish blue : " bill pea-green, blackish round the nostrils and 

 base of lower mandible ; iris dark crimson ; legs black "' (Lerjf/e). 

 Total length 17 inches, culmeu I'S, wing 6-3, tail 9'3, tarsus 1"7. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 17 

 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 6-8, tail 9'4, tarsus 1-8. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



a-r. c? 2 ad. ; s, Ceylon, March, April (H. Tweeddale Coll. 



Juv. sk. Nevill). 



t. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Hume Coll. 



II. S ad. sk. Eatnapura, Aug. 11. Colonel he^ge [P.]. 



V. c? ad. sk. Kandv, June. Seebohra Coll. 



w. $ ad. sk. Pusewella, Dee. 18 (-S'. Tweeddale Coll. 



Chajmum). 

 a: c? ad.sk. Avisawella, July 8 (W. Hume Coll. 



V. Ley ye), 

 y, z. (S ad. sk. Avisawella, July ( W, V. Seebohm Coll. 



Leyge). 

 a'.(S ad.sk. Ilanwella, March ( W. V. Seebohm Coll, 



Leyge). 



