34. coTJA. 407 



Ibis, 186.1, p. IGO ; E. Newton, t. c. p. 453 ; M. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 1G4 ; ScM. Mus. I'ays-Bas. Cuculi, p. 46 (1864) ; A. Netvton, 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; «•///. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; Grand. Rev. et 

 Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 390; Schl. 4- Pvllcn, Faun. Maduq., Ok. p. 55 

 (1868); Gray, Iland-l B. ii. p. 208, no. 8804 (1870) ; Burtlett, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 67; Hart!. Vog. Madag. p. 248 (1877) ; Milne- 

 Ed2L\ ^- Grand. Ois. i. p. 148, Atlas, i. pis. 48, 49 (1879). 



Centropus cjeruleus, Tcmm. Tahl. Mith. p. 53 (1838). 



Glaiicococcyx cteruleus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 71 (1862). 



Sericosomus creruleus, Sharpe, P.Z. S. 1873, p. 616. 



Adult. Entire phimagc uniform blue, with a violet gloss on the 

 tail ; under surface of the quills glossj- blackish blue, shaded with 

 violet : " bare skin round the eye indigo-blue ; bill and legs black ; 

 iris brown " (GVrt«(?(cZu'r). Total length 1(5"5 inches, culmen I'l, 

 wing 7'6, tail 10*2, tarsus 2-'2. 



If ah. The woodlands of North and East Madagascar. 



a. Ad. St. ; b, c. Madagascar. Purchased. 



Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Madagascar ( Van Dam). Shelley Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Madagascar. G. F. Scott Elliot, Esq. 



[P.]. 



g-p. Ad. sk. Central Madagascar. Seebohm CoU. 



q. Ad. sk. Mohambo {Gerrard). Purchased. 



r, s. Ad. sk. East of Antananarivo, July 



( W. Deayis Cotcan). 



t, u. Skeletons. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 



2. Coua reynaudii. 



Le Couliou vert, Sganzin, Mem. Soc. Mus. Hist. Nat, Strasbwirg, 



1840, p. 33. 

 Coua reynaudii, Pucher. Eev. Zool. 1845, p. 51 ; id. Mag. Zool. 1845, 



p. 5, pi. 66 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846) ; Bp. Co/i.^p. i. p. 109 



(1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyqod. p. 120 (1854) ; Kollar, Sitz. Ah. 



Wiss. Wien, IBoQ, p. U2{ Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1881) ; 



<S'e/i/. Ned. Tijdsehr. Dierk. 1866, p. 82 ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; 



Grand. Eev. et 3Ia(/. Zool. 1867, p. 390 ; Scld. ^- Pollen, Faun. 



Madag., Ois. p. 56 "(1868) ; Grai/, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208, no. 8889 



(1870) ; Hai-tl. Vog. Madag. p. 239 (1877) ; Milne-Edw. c^- Grand. 



Hist. Madag., Oi.$. i. p. 141, Atlas, pi. 43 (1879). 

 Coccyzus reyn'audi, Terr. Cat. Coll. Ois. Eivoli, p. 25 (1846). 

 Coua' ruticeps {nee Gray), Bp. Consp. i. p. 109 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. 



Zyi/orf. p. 120(1854). 

 Sericosomus reynaudi, Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 73, note 



(1862) ; Shaipe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 615. 

 Sericosomus sp., Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 771. 



Adult. Above glossy olive, shaded on the quills and outer tail- 

 feathers with violet-blue ; forehead and front half of the crown 

 chestnut ; bare patch round the eye blue, darkest above and in front 

 and surrounded by a margin of black feathers ; beneath dusky ashy, 

 tinted with olive-green on the body, especially on the flanks and 

 abdomen ; lower abdomen and under tail-covcrts slightly darker ; 



