tropical islands of the pacific ocean. 35 



Centropus ateralbus. 



Centropus ateralbxis, Less. Voy. Coqu. p. 620. t. 34. 

 ' Koudouma ' of the natives. 

 New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Centropus violaceus. 



Centropus violaceus, Quoy & Gaim.Voy. de I'Astrol. i. p. 229. 1. 19. 



New Ireland. 



EUDYNAMYS TAHITIUS. 



Society Cuckow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 514. 



Cucuhis fasciatus, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 160; G. Forst. Icon, 

 ined. 56. 



Cuculus tahitius, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 412. 



Cuculus taitensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 209 ; Sparrm. Mus. Carls, 

 t. 32. 



Eudijnamys cuneicauda, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 139. pi. 22. 

 f.2. 



Eudynamys taitensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 464. 



Cuculus perlatus, Vieill. 



' Areva-Reva ' or ' Ara wereroa ' or ' Ooea ' of the natives of the 

 Society Islands. 



' Kaevaeua ' of the natives of the Marqnesas Islands. 



Society Islands (Huaheine, Otaheite, Borabora) ; Feejee Islands ; 

 Cook's Islands (Hervey Island) ; Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Mar- 

 quesas Islands. 



Cuculus (Cacomantis) simus. 



Cuculus simus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 24.t. pi. 21. f. 1. 



Feejee Islands. 



Cuculus (Cacomantis) bronzinus. B.M. 



Cuculus {Cacomantis) bronzinus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 164. 



New Caledonia (Island of Nu). 



COLUMBID^. 



Ptilonopus purpuratus. B.M. 



Purple-crowned Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 626. 

 Columha purpurata , Gmel. S. N. i. p. 784 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 

 140. 



Columha Kurukuru, Bonn. 



Columha Oopa, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 742. 



Columha Kurukuru, var. Taitensis, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 297. 



Columha porphyrocra, pt., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 167. 



Columha porphyreu, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. sp. 31. 



Kurukuru BnPetithonarsii, Voy. de la Venus, t. /. 



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