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cei'ci. I found a young one in the nest of M. griseus, in a thick 

 Euphorbia hedge at Coinibutore ; and Layard, in Ceylon, found a 

 pair of tht^ Malacocerci of Ccyh)n, feeding a young one. Theobald 

 also obtained the egg from the nest of M. caudatus ; and Blyth 

 froui that of 31. bengalensis : it is deep greenish-blue, and bluntly 

 oval at both ends. Latliam mentions th;it it is said to lay its egg 

 in the nest of tire Chatarrhcea, Malacocercns bengalensis. 



This bird, remarks Mr. Phillips, makes a great figure in Hindu 

 poetry, laider the name of Chutak. 



213. Ooccystes Coromandus, Lin. 



Cuculus, apud Linnaeus — Blyth., Cat. 363 — Horsf, Cat. 1013 

 — Jkudon, Cat. 227 — Cue. collaris, Vieillot — Yerra gola kolcila. 

 Tel., — Tseben, Lepcli. 



The Red-winged Ckksted Cuckoo, 



Descr. — Upper parts, with the tertiaries, black, glossed with 

 green, paler on the tertiaries, and less glossed on the head ; a con- 

 spicuous half-collar of white encircles the nape ; wings deep ferru- 

 ginous, with the tips of the primaries and secondaries dusky ; under 

 parts white, a little tinged with fulvous, except the lower tail-coverts, 

 Avhich arc green-black, and the throat and fore-neck, which are deep 

 ochreous, fulvous in some ; in others, probably females, light 

 fulvous. 



Bill black ; legs leaden ; irides red-brown ; inside of the mouth 

 dull coral-red. Length 14| inches; extent 18^; wing G|; 

 tail 8-| ; bill at front 1 in ; tarsus -j^^. 



The wings are shorter and more rounded than in the last ; 4th and 

 5th primaries equal and longest ; 3rd equal to 6th, or very little 

 shorter. 



A young bird in the Mus. As. Soc. has the feathers of the head 

 and some of those of the wing-coverts edged with rufous. 



The coloring of this bird, it may be mentioned, has some points 

 in common with Centropns. 



It appears to be a rare species everywhere, though generally 

 spread through India and Ceylon, extcmling into Burmah and 

 Malayana. It is said to be common in Tcnasserim and the 



