CEXTROPUS. 383 



346. CENTROPUS SINENSIS (Stephens). 

 COMMON COUCAL. 



Polophilus sinensis Stephens, Gen. Zool. (1815), 9, 51. 



Centropus sinensis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 343; 

 Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1895), 3, 239, tig. 69 (foot); 

 Shakpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; Oate.s and Reid. Cat. Birds' Eggs 

 (1903). 3, 124; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 63. 



Balabac {Everett); Cagayan Sulu {McGregor) ; Luzon (Cuming); Palawan 

 {Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Bourns d Worcester, White) ; Sulu 

 ( Platen, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi {Everett). :Malay Peninsula. Burmese 

 countries, Ceylon, Cliina, India. .lava, Sumatra. Borneo. 



"Adult male. — General plumage black, with the wings and upper back 

 chestnut ; head, neck, and chest glossed with purplish blue ; remainder of 

 the body, lower back, upper tail-coverts, and tail glossed with purplish 

 i^reen ; primaries with brown ends; inner secondaries slightly tinted with 

 brown; under wing-coverts glossy black. 'Bill and legs black; iris 

 crimson.' (Dari.son.) Length, o59 : culmen, 42; wing, 223; tail, 312; 

 tarsus, 5S. 



"Adiill fciitale. — Similar in plumage to the male. Length, 521; 

 culmen, -!() : wing, 211; tail, 284; tarsus. o(3. 



"///////r//(//v'.— Plumage duller than in the adult and generally of a 

 greener shade; sides of head and front of neck with bufFy white spots, 

 increasing into bars on the body; mantle, some of the wing-coverts, and 

 the innermost secondaries barred with black; upper tail-coverts narrowly 

 barred witii buff ; tail glossy greenish black, with no 1)lue shade." 

 (Shellpij.) 



•'Rare in Palawan; common in Sulu. Iris red; legs, feet, and nails 

 black : l)ill l)lack; food insects. Two males measure, ooo in length ; wing, 

 1!).S; tail, 312; culmen, 41; tarsus, 53; middle toe with claw, 50. Two 

 females, length, 475 ; wing, 178; tail, 245 ; culmen, 37 ; tarsus, 44 ; middle 

 toe witl) chuv, 45." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



347. CENTROPUS VIRIDIS (Scopoli). 



RED-WINGED COUCAL. 



Cuculus viridis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786). 2, 89. 

 Centropus viridis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 349; Sharps. 



Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; McGregor and Worcester. Hand-List 



(1906), 63. 



Sue-sue, Lubang; sa-guc'-soc, Ticao; sigacok', Calayan; .sa-ba-cof, Manila. 



Bantayan { McGregor) ; Banton (Celestino) ; Basilan {Hteere Exp., liourns tf 

 Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol {Everett, .McGregor); Cagayancillo {.McGregor) ; 

 Calayan {McGregor); Camiguin N. {McGregor); Catanduanes {Whitehead) ; 

 Cebu {.Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., liourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Dinagat 

 {.Mearns) ; Fuga {McGregor) ; Guimaras {Meyer, Hteere Exp.); l^eyte {Everett. 

 Stcere Exp.); Lubang {McGregor) ; Luzon {Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns 

 d Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Marinduque {Steere Exp.) ; Masbate {Steere 



