PHOENICOPHAIN^. 307 



x-d'. S ? ad. sk. Port Blair, Aug. {R. J. Wim- Hume Coll. 



berk I/) . 

 (-',/'. d ? ad. sli. Port Blair, June 17 {Ji. J. SeeboLm Coll. 



Wimherley). 



32. Centropus unirufus. 



Pvrrliocentor uuirufu.?. Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. ILein. iv. p. 118, note 

 '(1862); Walilen, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 5G (1872), ix. p. 164 (1S75). 

 Centropus uuirufus. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 214, no. 8973. 



Adult. Entire plumage deep rufous, slight!}' darker above than 

 below ; the feathers from the forehead to the mantle have darker 

 glos.sy shafts than those of the throat and fore part of the chest ; 

 the quills with broad brown ends ; bill green, passing into yellow 

 towards the tip and on the edges ; legs olive-brown. Total length 

 15-7 inches, culmen I'o, wing 0'3, tail 9, tarsus 1"7. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



a. Ad. .sk. Manila {Maifland Hcriot). Tweeddale Coll. 



Subfamily III. PHCENICOPHAINiE. 



Kei^l to the Genera. 



a. Tarsus never twice the length of the 

 culmen; bill never entirely black. 

 a'. Nostrils expo.sed ; with no abnormal 

 feathers on the bead. 

 a". Bare ophthalmic patch separated 

 from tbebill by a band of feathers : 

 tail-feathers with white ends. 

 a!". Bill long and slender, much 



longer than tarsus 19. Sauhothera, p. 369. 



b'" . Bill shorter and stouter, not 

 longer than tarsus. 

 «'. Bill compressed at the sides ; 

 culmen strongly arched. 

 Sexes very similar in plu- 

 mage. 

 «'. Bill rather more compressed, 

 and with no green colour 

 on it. 

 «". Larger : bill black with 

 the exception of a large 

 patch of orange on the 

 lower mandible ; wing 

 and tail glossy, the for- 

 mer green, the latter 

 blackish 20. IIyktohnis, p. a72. 



