384 MANUAL OF PHILIPriNE BIRDS. 



Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; ^Mindanao {Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns rf Worcester, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro {Schmacker) ; Negros {Meyer, Everett, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns d- Worcester, Whitehead, Keay) ; Panay {Sonnerat, Murray. 

 Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon {Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Samar {Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead) ; Siasi {GuiUemard) ; Sibu- 

 yan {Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor {Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; 

 Sulu {GuiUemard, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas {Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao 

 (McGregor). 



Adult. — Sexes similar; wings bright chestnut, tips of primaries and 

 secondaries blackish bro^\Ti; wing-lining glossed with green; remainder 

 of plumage black, glossed with dark green and traces of blue. Iris red ; 

 bill and nails black ; legs dark steel-blue. Length of a male from Manila, 

 380; wing, 155; tail, 250; culmen from base, 26; tarsus, 42. Length 

 of a female from Cagayancillo, 480; wing, 190; tail, 290; culmen from 

 base, 33 ; tarsus, 40. 



Immature birds differ from the adult in having the head and body 

 brown, more or less mixed with light buff; wings chestnut, barred with 

 blackish brown; feathers of head, neck, throat, and breast with pale buff 

 shafts ; the tail, even in very small young birds, is glossy green like that 

 of the adult. 



"Commonest of Philippine cuckoos. Foimd in the brush and high 

 grass in open country; breeds in February and March. Eyes dark 

 cherry-red ; legs and feet slaty black ; nails black ; bill black. 



"Five males from Cebu measure, 395 in length; wing, 152; tail, 239; 

 culmen, 30 ; tarsus, 40 ; middle toe with claw, 38. A male from Masbate 

 measures, 419 in length; wing, 17; tail, 202; culmen, 27; tarsus, 37; 

 middle toe with claw, 41. Two females from Masbate measure, 457 in 

 length; wing, 171; tail, 247; culmen, 31; tarsus, 41; middle toe with 

 claw, 43. It will be noted that the variations in size are very consider- 

 able." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



348. CENTROPUS JAVANICUS (Dumont). 

 JAVAN COUCAL. 



Cuculus javanicus Dumont, Die. Sc. Nat. (1818), 11, 144. 



Centropus javanicus Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 354; 

 SiiABPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs 

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



Tu-la-cuc', Batan. 



Bantayan {McGregor) ; Bataii {McGregor) ; Bohol {Everett, McGregor) ; Bon- 

 gao {Everett) ; Calamianes {Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Cebii {Bourns d 

 Worcester); Leyte {Everett); Luzon {Whitehead); Mindanao {Bourns d Wor- 

 cester) ; Mindoro {Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter) ; Negros {Steere Exp., Keay) ; Palawan {Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, M'hite) ; Panay {Steere Exp.); Semirara {Worcester); 



