CUCULUS AUDEBERTI. 99 



NOTE XXIV. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OE CUCKOO EROM 

 MADAGASCAR. 



BY 



H. SCHLEGEL. 



March 1879. 



Cu cuius Audeberti. 



The typical specimen of this new species , was obtained 

 by Mr. Audebert, on the tenth of June 1878 , in the neigh- 

 borhood of Ambodikilo near Mananare a place on the South- 

 western shore of the bay of Antongil. Our traveller states 

 that this was the only example of the species which he 

 met with during a course of two years in the North- 

 Eastern parts of Madagascar, a fact leading to the conclu- 

 sion that this species is much less generally distributed in 

 the country mentioned than its congener, the Cuculus 

 himalayauus or Rochii. 



The next alhed species of Cuculus Audeberti is the Indian 

 Cuculus sparveroides , Vigors , from the continent of India, 

 put by modern ornithologists , after the example of S. 

 Muller in the subgenus Hierococcyx. 



The two species show indeed a strong resemblance to 

 each other in size, in general appearance and in the 

 dimensions of their different parts. The Madagascar bird 

 is , however , quite distinct by very striking modifications 

 in the distribution of colors of the plumage. 



These modifications may be thus stated : — 



Notes from the Leyden ]Mti.seu.iii.. 



