18. CENTEOPUS. 349 



the inner half of the wings. Total length 18 inches, culmen 1-7 

 wmg 8-3, tail 9-G, tarsus 2a 



A specimen of this very distinct species marked " Ccntropas piu- 

 pureus, was purchased many years ago from theLaugier Collection, 

 llie habitat attached to tlie specimen was " Mindanao," hut recent 

 explorers in that island have failed to re-discover the species, and 

 the locality is probably erroneous. I have found a second specimen 

 m the Museum from .Sumatra, obtained in that island by Sir S 

 Kafflcs and this is probably the correct habitat of the species. I 

 nave adopted the MSS. name of purimreus, though I cannot find that 

 it lias ever been mentioned in print. 

 llab. Sumatra. 



tiff [Sumatra.] Laugier Coll. 



0. Ad. sk. Sumatra (Sir S. Raffles). India Museum. 



10. Centropus viridis. 



^TmS)^''''^ ^^'^"tig'iaj ^onn, Voij. JVouv. (iuin. p. I2i, pi, 60 



Cuculus viridis, Scoj). Del. Fl. Faun. Inmb. ii. p. 89 (1786) 

 Cuculus a^gyptius, Gm. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 420, vars. &, v (1788) 

 Coucou des Philippines, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 369 (1770) • 

 JDaichent. Fl. Enl. 824 (1783). v "^;, 



Polophilus viridis, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 55 (1815) 



Centrococcyx viridis. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein, iv. p. HO note 



%n>ft:, 4 't ^ '''■'■\9"^^>Wr; h. p. 15 (1880;; Wurdlaw 

 jTf,' {^$ TweecklalesOrn. IMs, p. G58 (1880); Katter, 

 T- Vi> \ . i'.^- ^'''' ^^'^'H'^^mai-d, F. Z. 8. 1885, p. 257- Steere 

 List Birds ^- Mamm. Steere Exped. Fhilipp. p. 12 (1890). ' 



Adah male. Genei'al plumage glossy greenish black, \Mth the 



v;th:tt:;^"l"'"1^^''''"^ °'"" ^"'^"^' ^-'^-' --^^^^ -^^'his 



with .trong glossy shafts ; primaries with broad brown ends ; inner 

 secondaries washed with brown ; under wing-coverts greenish black' 

 w h a few of the greater ones rufous : " bill blackish ; lower man 

 dible eaden grey; legs darkest shade of leaden grey; ris crimson" 



[^i ^-tfr^s ''-''' '-^'' ''■' -^^-^' -^'- '^-^^ ^^^^ 



l7tK£,fit^.^^?tTIV:alt ?^^ '-'^ '-^^' 



Immature. Differs from the adult in hnvino- fi„. i,^ i i 



