412 CUCULID^. 



(1877) ; Milne-Edicards ^ Grandid. Hist. Maday., Ois. i. p. 158, 

 Atlas, i. pi. 67 (1879). 

 Sericosomus cursor, Shaiye, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 613. 



Adult. Above greenish grey, with the quills and tail violet- 

 shaded brown, the latter with white ends to all but the four centre 

 feathers. Bare skin on the sides of the head indigo-blue, shading 

 into violet behind, and with a narrow edging of black feathers ; 

 chin whitish, passing into yellow on the throat, which is shaded on 

 the sides with orange-red ; chest pale lilac ; abdomen white ; under 

 tail-coverts brownish : bill and legs black ; iris red. Total length 

 12 inches, cubnen 0-95, wing 4-9, tail 7, tarsus 1"8. 



Hab. The arid plains of the western portion of South Madagascar. 



10. Coua coquereli. 



Coua coquerelli, Grandid. Kcv. et Mag. Zool. 1867, pp. 86, 391 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 208, no. 8891 (1879) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 



p. 237 (1877) ; Milne-Edw. Hist. Madag. Ois. i. p. 159, pis. 58, 59 



(1879). 

 Coua hartlaubi, Grandid. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1869, p. 339. 

 Sericosomus coquerelli, Sharpe, F. Z. S. 1873, p. 614. 



Adult. Very similar in plumage to 0, g'igas, but much smaller. 

 Entire upper parts nearly uniform olive ; quills brown, and with 

 narrow pale edges ; four centre tail-feathers uniform like the back, 

 the remaining three pairs shading into greenish black and having 

 white ends ; the bare patch round the eye pale blue, but some- 

 times shading into pink behind : the feathers on the sides of the 

 head and the underparts closely resembling C. c/ic/as in colour, but 

 the lower breast with an additional pink shade which partially 

 extends over the thighs and abdomen : bill and legs black ; iris red. 

 Total length 14-2 inches, cnlmen 0-85, wing 5-7, tail 9, tarsus 1-95. 



Hab. The bushy plains of Western Madagascar from Cape 8t. 

 Andre to the Bay of St. Augustin. 



a, b. cJ 5 ad. sk. Madagascar (J'«h Dam). Seebohm Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Mourondava. M. Grandidier. 



d, e. (S 2 ad. sk. Mourondava ( Vaii Dam). Sharpe Coll. 



11. Coua gi 



Hehoc, Flacourt, Hist. Madag. p. 166 (1661). 



Le Coucou verdatre de Madagascar, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 364 



(1779). 

 Great Madagascar Cuckow, Lath. Gen. Sgn. B. w. p. 521 (1781). 

 Le Grand Coucou de Madagascar, Dauhent. PL Enl. vi. pis. 587, 588 



(1783). 

 Cuculus gigas, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 56 (1783). 

 Cuculus madagascariensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 416 (1788). 

 Coccyzus virescens, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 279 (1817) ; id. Ene. 



Meth. p. 1349 (1823). 

 Cuculus" (Coua) madagascariensis, Cuv. Regne An. i. p. 425 (1817). 

 Madagascar Cuckow, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iii. p. 276 (1822). 

 Coua verdatre, Drap. Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 561 (1823). 



