28 ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS 



»Iris brown, upper mandible black, lower whitisli blue, 

 feet grayish green. Native name: Sipitoeh.'' 



43. Cacom'antis merulina. 



Cuculus merulinus , Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. p. 89 (1786); 



— Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 21 (18Ü4). 



Cuculus Jlavus , Gm.; — S. Mull. Verb. Land- en Volkenk. p. 177. 

 Cacomantis merulinus, Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 64; id. Ucc. di 

 Sumatra, p. 185 (1879). 



11 specimens (7 ad. cf? 4 9)' 

 »Iris reddish brown, upper mandible black , lower yellow 

 at base , yielding to ochraceous towards the tip, feet orange 

 yellow. Native name: Sipitoeh." 



44. Hierococcyx fugax. 



Cuculus fug ax , Horsf. t. c. p. 178. 



Cuculus varius , Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 14 (partim) (1864). 

 Hierococcijx fug ax , Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 65 (1874); id. Ucc. 

 di Sumatra, p. 185 (1879); — Tweedd. Ibis 1877, p. 288. 



5 specimens (2 (ƒ, 3 9)- 

 » Iris orange , edged with pale ochre , bill : basal half 

 and utmost tip greenish yellow, the rest black, bare skin 

 round the eyes and the feet orange-yellow. Native name : ?" 



45. Cuculus concretus. 



Cuculus concretus, S. Mull. Verb. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 236, 355; 



— Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 13 (1864); — Salvad. Ucc. di 

 Borneo, p. 66 (1874). 



2 specimens ((ƒ cf). 



» Iris pale brown , bill black at tip, rest greenish yellow, 

 feet yellow. Native name : Pangang kako.^^ 



In one of the specimens the lower surface is strongly 

 tinged with fulvous instead of pure white; excepting this 

 particularity its appearance is quite that of C. concretus, 

 and not of C. striatus. 



Notes from the Leyden MLusemn , Vol. IX. 



