34. couA.. 413 



Coua madag-ascarieiisis, Gray in Griff'. An. Kinijdnm, \ii. p. 458 



(182'J) ; id. List Gen. B. p. 72 (1841) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 109 (1850); 



id. Consp. Vol. '/Apjod. p. 120 (1854) ; llartl. J.f. 0. 18G0, p. 110 ; 



Grandid. Iter, ei May. Zool. 18G7, p. 392. 

 Coccyzus madagascarionsis, Teimn. Tabl. Meth. p. 53 (1838). 

 Coua gigas, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846) ; id. Iland-l. B. ii. p. 208, 



uo. 8888; llartl. Voy. May. p. 247 (1877); Milne- Edwards ^■ 



Grandid. Hist. Madan. Ois. i. p. 153, Atlas, i. pis. 51, 52, 132, 68 



(1879). ■ 



Coua (Serisomus) madagascarieiisis, llartl. Faun. Madag. p. 62 



(1861). 

 Sericosomus gigas, Cab. 8) Heine, 3Iits. Hein. iv. ]). 72, note (1862) ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 613. 



Adult. Above yellowish brown, darker on the forehead and crown, 

 much paler on the back of the neck and shaded with olive on the 

 back and wings ; centre tail-feathers olive-shaded bronze, deepening 

 into greenish black on the outer ones, and with broad white ends 

 to all but the four centre ones ; a bare patch on the sides of the head 

 indigo-blue, passing into pink behind the eye ; this patch margined 

 above by a narrow black band of feathers, and below by a much 

 broader one which covers the lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts ; chin 

 and upper throat nearly white, deepening into butf on the lower 

 throat, and passing into cinnamon on the chest ; sides of the body 

 and the thighs ashy brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 brownish black ; under surface of the wings uniform dark brown ; 

 dark portion of the under surface of the tail black : bill and legs 

 black ; iris red. Total length :20 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 8*5, 

 tail 12'5, tarsus 2-6. 



Hab. The wooded plains of West and South Madagascar. 



«. $ ad. sk. Madagascar, July. Shelley Coll. 



b,c. (S 2 «•<!. sk. Madagascar ( Van Bam). Seebohm Coll. 



d. (S ad. sk. Mourondava. Sharpe Coll. 



i: Ad. sk. Mourondava. M. Graudidier [I'.]. 



12. Coua delalandii. 



Coccyzus delalandei, Tenun. PI. Col. 440 (1828) ; Lesc. Traite, p. 138 



(1831). 

 Cuculus (Coua) delalandii, Cuv. Itegne An. i. p. 454, note (1817). 

 Coua lalaudii. Gray in Griff. An. Kinydoin, vii. p. 4")8 (1829). 

 Lc Coua cassour d'escargots, Syanz. Mem, Soc. Mas. Hist. yat. 



titrasboury, 1840, p. 32. 

 Coua Famac-acora, Ackerman7i, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 209. 

 Coua delalaudi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846); Bj). Consp. i. p. 109 



(1850); Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 110; Sdd. Mas. Pays-Bas, 



Ciiculi, p. 46 (1864); Grand. Itev. it May. Zool. 1867, p. 392 ; 



Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 208, uo. 8895 (187*0); Milne-Edwards ^■ 



Grandid. Hist. Maday., Ois. i. ji. 152, Atla<,\. pi. 50 (1879). 

 Surisonius delalandii, Bjt. Cunap. Vol. Zyyod. p. 120 (1854). 

 Coua (Seiisomus) dehvhuidi, Hartl. Faun. .Maday. p. {y2 (1861). 

 CochlotiuaustL'S delalandei, Cah. if Heine, Miis. Hein. iv. p. 74, note 



(1862) ; Sharpe, P. Z. ii. 1873, p. 617; Hartl. Voy. Maday. p. 250 



(1877). 



