Mm: 2.% 1922.] Birds of t^e Indian Empire. / ^ I55 



1480. (1110) Hierococcyx fugax nisicolor. Hodgson's Hawk- 



Cuckoo. 



Cuculus nisicolor Blyth, J.A.8.B., xti., p. 943 (1843), {Nepal ) 

 Himalayas, Nepal to Assam, Burma and Siam. 



1481. (1111) Hierococcyx nanus. The Small Hawh-Cuchoo. 



Hume, 8.F., v., p. 490 (1877), {S. Tenasserim). 

 S. Tenasserim, Salangor and N. Borneo. 



1482. (1118) Cacomantis merulinus querulus. The Rvjous- 



bellied Cuckoo. 



Cacomantis querulus Heine, Jour.,f. Orn., 1863, p. 352 {Nepal 

 Burma). — — i— 



E. Bengal, N. and S Assam, Burma and S. China. 



1483. (1112) Cacomantis merulinus passerinus. The Indian 



Plaintive Cuckoo. 



Cuoulus passerinus VaJil, Skriv., Nat. SelsL, iv., p. 51 (179?) 



{India). '\ 



Lulia and Ceylon, excluding previous area and Rajputana. 



»484. (1114) Penthoceryx sonneratii sonneratii. The Banded 

 Bay Cuckoo. 



Cuoulus sonneratii, Lath., Ind. Orn., i., p. 215 (1790), {Jndiai, 

 { N. Cachar Hills). 



India, Burma and Siam. 



1485. (1114) Penthoceryx sonneratii waiti. The Ceijlon 

 Banded Bay Cuckoo. 



Stuart Baker, Bull. B.O.C., xxxix., p. 46 (1918), {Geylon). 

 - ''■ . ? ■ Ceylon only. 



i486. (1114) Penthoceryx sonneratii venustus. The Malay 

 Banded Bay Cuckoo. 



Cuculus venustus Jerd., Madr. Jour. L.S., xiii., p 140 (1842) 



{Malacca). " 



'" - " ^ ■ " S. Tenasserim and Siam, Malay Pen. to Borneo and Java. 



1487. (1115) Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus xanthorhynchus. 



The Violet Cuckoo. 



Cuculus xanthor3aichus Horsf., Trans. L.8., xiii., p. 179 (1821 ), 

 {Java). 

 Assam to N. and Central Burma. 



1488. (1115) Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus malayanus. The 



Malay Violet Cuckoo. 



Cuculus malayanus Raff., Tran. L. S., xiii., p. 286 (1822), 

 {Malay Pen). 



Pen. Siam and Burma, Andamans, etc., Malay Pen. to 

 Borneo. 



