described by Linnaeus and Gmclin. 331 



designations arc forestalled by previous authors, or else have 

 been raised to generic rank. 



The following titles were given to doubtful species, or have 

 not been correctly applied : — 



C. benrjalensis, Gm., ex Brown, 111. p. 26, t. 13. fig. inf. from 

 Bengal. A Centropus in striated plumage, either a young 

 male or a young female ; for the phases of plumage in this spe- 

 cies, and what they denote, have yet to be investigated by 

 naturalists on the spot. The figure is clearly that of the Lesser 

 Ljdian Coucal, Centrojms viridis, Jerdon (B. Ind. i. p. 350). 

 The true C. viridis (Scop.) must be compared before we can 

 decide whether the Lidian and Philippine birds are identical. 

 Prof. Schlegel keeps them separate, but, under the name of 

 C. rectungids, Strickl., unites [op, cit. pp. 67-70) the Bengal 

 bird with forms from many other localities which have been de- 

 scribed as distinct — among them the West-African C. grilli, 

 Hartl. 



C. panayanus, Gm., ex Sonn. Voy. p. 120, t. 78, from the 

 Island of Panay. A Eudynamis, a female or young male, no 

 doubt the same as E. mindanensis (L.) . 



C. rnaculatus, Gm., ex Buff. PI. Enl. t. 764, from China. A 

 young male, or a female Eudynamis. On the assumption that 

 the Philippine bird migrates to China, and is the only species 

 found in that country*, I refer this title to E. mindanensis (L.) : 

 anyhow it forestalls E. chinensis, Cab. & Heine (jMus. Ilein. 

 iv. p. 52). 



C. orientalis, L., var. /3, Gm., ex Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 

 383, Coukeel, no. 2. A Eudynamis in full male black plumage, 

 from Mindanao, and therefore E. viindanensis (L.). 



C. radiatus, Gm., ex Sonn. Voy. p. 120, t. 79, as yet not per- 

 fectly recognized. The type is from Panay. Strickland, it 

 is true (J. A. S. B. 1844, p. 390, note), has stated that it is a 

 good species, and that he possessed a specimen from Malacca 

 " exactly agreeing with Sonnerat^s description,^' except that the 



* Conf. Swinboe, Ibis, 1861, p. 46 ; P. Z. S. 1S63, p. 264. Mr. Blyth 

 (Ibis, 1865, p. 32) refers tbe Cbinese bird to E. amtrulis, Swains., from 

 Australia. Mr. Swinboe (Ibis, 1866, p, 131) states tbat tbe l'hilij)pino 

 and tlie Siamese Ev(hiHa)ni$ are the same species. 



