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c? . Iris lake-red ; orbital skin vermilion ; bill orange, 

 vermilion at base ; feet oUve-brown, soles yellow, 



259. EuDYNAMisMiNDANENsis (Linn.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 520; 1895, p. 115; 1896, p. 474; 1897, p. 247.) 



Found commonly throughout the archipelago, inhabiting 

 the high forest. We obtained a bird of considerably larger 

 dimensions in Fuga Island, but as only the male was met with 

 it is impossible to say whether it represents a distinct species. 



(^ . Iris scarlet-lake ; bill light pea-green ; legs horny 

 lead-blue. 



? . Iris scarlet-lake ; bill light pea-green ; legs dull 

 greenish brown. 



260. Centropus mindorensis (Steere). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 475.) 



This species is apparently confined to Mindoro ; like th 

 two following species, it is a lover of thick tangled growth 

 in fairly open country. 



Iris lake-red ; bill black ; feet greenish black. 



261. Centropus viridis (Scop.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 410; 1895, p. 466; 1897, p. 247) 



Common in all the open country, and ranging throughout 

 the entire archipelago. 



262. Centropus JAVANicus (Dumont). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 520; 1896, p. 474.) 



Like the preceding species in distribution and habits ; 

 especially fond of coarse lalang-grass plains, where a few 

 tangled thickets are to be met with, C.javanicus, unlike 

 the last-named two species, which are confined to the Philip- 

 pines, is widely distributed throughout Malaya. 



263. Centropus melanops Less. (Grant, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 247.) 



This handsome Cuckoo is fairly common in Samar and 

 Leite, where, unlike the last three species mentioned, it 

 frequents the tops of high trees in old forest, though it is 

 at times met with in neglected clearings. 



Iris lake-red ; bill and feet black. 



