408 



under siirface of the quills uniform dark glossy brown : bill black ; 

 irides brown ; legs slate-colour. Total length 16-1 inches, culmen 

 0-9, wing 6-1, tail 10, tarsus 1-8. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in having the crown and sides 

 of the head uniform with the back, without rufous or black feathers ; 

 most of the feathers of the wing tipped with chestnut and the 

 underparts partially mottled with that colour. 



Hab. The woodlands of North and North-eastern Madagascar. 



a, b, c. Imm. sk. Madagascar. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Central Madagascar. 



/. Ad. sk. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. 



ff, h, i. Ad. sk. Aukafana, March ( W. Beam 



Cowan), 



k-s. Ad. et imm. Ankafana, March ( W. Deans 



sk. Cowan), 



t. Juv. sk. Betsileo. 



u. Ad. sk. North Madagascar, Aug. 



V. Skeleton. Madagascar. 



Purchased. 

 SeeboLm Coll. 

 Rev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Eev. G. Shaw [C.]. 

 A. Majastre [0.]. 

 Rev.W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 



3. Coua serriana. 



Le Coucal ou Coua de Tintiugue, 8(/anz. Mem. Soc. Mm. Hist. Nat. 



Strasboiirff, 1840, p. 34. 

 Coua serriana, Puchcr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 51 ; id. May. Zool. 1845, 



p. 390; Graij, Hand-l. £. ii. p. 208, no. 88C0 (1870) ; JLirtl. I'iiy. 



Madar/. p. 240 (1877) ; Milne-Ediu. S,- Grand. Bint. Mada(/., Ois. 



i. p. 150, Atlas, i. pis. 42, 60 (1870). 

 Coua serrisiana, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 120 (1854). 

 Sericosomus serrianus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. \\. p. 74, note 



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



Adult. Above olive-brown, with a slight rufous shade on the back 

 of the neck and mantle ; quills and tail purplish black : a few of 

 the frontal feathers and a broad eyebrow black ; bare patch round 

 the eye blue, paler above than below ; feathers of the cheeks and 

 upper throat black : lower throat and front of the chest deep chest- 

 nut, which colour is partially separated from the black upper throat 

 by the brown of the back of the neck descending nearly across the 

 throat ; remainder of the underparts black, washed, more especially 

 on the lower chest, with brown of the same shade as the mantle ; 

 under surface of the wings brownish black : bill black ; iris red ; 

 legs iron-grey. Total length 16-5 inches, culmen 1, wing 6'2, tail 

 8-7, tarsus 2-3. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in having the back more rufous 

 and many of the wing-coverts edged with rufous. 



Eah. The forests of North-east Madagascar. 



