334- Lord VValdeti vn the Cuculida^ 



C. duminicus, L,, var. ^, Gin., also taken from Montbeillard 

 {t. c. p. 413) and without acknowledgement. Described from 

 " le petit Coucou gris" of M. Mauduit's cabinet, which is 

 stated only to differ from " le Cendrillard " of Montbeillard 

 (C dominicus, L.) by being a little larger, having a slightly 

 shorter bill, and the entire under surface white. The origin of 

 Mauduit's specimen is not stated. It does not seem to have 

 been recognized by any author ; nor does its description agree 

 with any species known to Dr. Sclater. 



C. cayanus, L., var. 7, Gm. ex Montbeillard {t. c. p. 416), but 

 unacknowledged. Lesson (Tr. d'Orn. p. 140, 1831) identified 

 a Cayenne individual with Gmelin's species, and entitled it Piaya 

 hrachyptera. The species had previously, and has since, received 

 several different titles, the oldest of which, C melanog aster, Vieill. 

 (Diet. Class. H. N. iv. p. 570), stands — unless indeed Vieillot's 

 bird be not in reality Rhiaortlia chlurophaa (Vig.), with which it 

 very closely agrees, the red bill excepted. Vieillot states that 

 his type came from Java. 



Trogon maculatus, Gm., ex Brown, 111. p. 26, t. 13. fig. 

 super, from Ceylon ; a Lamprococcyx in spotted immature plu- 

 mage. Gmelin's title was altered to Chrysococcyx smaragdinus 

 by Mr. Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1846, p. 53) as inapplicable, although 

 Brown's figure " certainly represents a variety or incidental 

 state of plumage of this species." Mr. Moore also considered 

 Gmelin's designation " quite inapplicable," but rejected that 

 of Mr. Blyth as previously employed by Swainson, and substi- 

 tuted Chrysococcyx hodgsoni (Cat. E. I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 705, 

 1856-8). Dr. Cabanis, who quotes Brown and Gmelin with 

 doubt, separates Chalcites smaragdinus, Sw., generically from 

 the Indian bird, and therefore restores Mr. Blyth's title. The 

 name given by Gmelin appears to me quite as applicable as 

 either of the two more recent ones, and I therefore shall 

 retain it. Should Continental specimens differ specifically from 

 Cingalese, Mr. Blyth's name would sland for the Indian 

 bird. 



I shall now subjoin a list of the LinnjEan and Gmeliuean 

 species referred to their correct genera, with the titles they will 

 have to bear. 



