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specimen from Junk Seylon. We do not think it advisable to regard 

 this bird as a subspecies of the widespread H. fucfax, forms of whicli 

 also occur in the district. 



239. Cuculus micropterus micropterus Gould. 



Chiculus micropterus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 137 Himalayas): 

 A., p. 156 (near Mergui) : D., p. 74 (Patani) : E., p. 40 (Trang ; 

 Langkawi) ; J., p.^159 (Langktiwi). 



Cuculus striatus, B., p. 54 (Junk Seylon). 



Fairly common in winter. 



240. Cuculus canorus bakeri Hartert. 



Faun. Pal. Vog. ii, 1912, p. 948 (Shillong). 



d vix ad. Koh Lak, S. W. Siara, 6 April 1919 (No. 6123). 



" Iris brown, orbital ring chrome ; bill yellowish, black on 

 culmen, reddish at base ; feet pale yellow." 



Total length 332; wing 198; tail 172; tarsus 19; bill from 

 gape 28 mm. 



It seems most convenient to refer this bird to the Assamese 

 race. It has nothing to do with G. micropterus, as the tail is uni- 

 form blackish grey with no trace of a subterminal band; upper 

 surface ash grey, paler op head ; bands on chest dark brown, narrower 

 than in C. micro'pterus. 



241. Penthoceryx sonnerati venustus ( Jerdon). 



Cuculus venustus, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. xiii, 1842, p. 140 (Malacca). 

 Penthoceryx sonnerati, B., p. 52 (Junk Seylon) ; E., p. 40 (Trang) ; 



L. p. 98 (Ghirbi). 

 Penthoceryx sonnerati pravata, Robinson <fe Kloss, Journ. F. M. S. 



Mus, viii, pt. 2, 1918, p. 135 (North Malay Peninsula). 

 Penthoceryx sonnerati venustus, Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxix, 



1919, p 46 (Ccnti-al Tenasserim, southwards). 



Our specimens possess the characters given for P. venustus 

 (Jerdon) by M r. Baker (I. c. s.). 



A. Hume 4: Davison. Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miillcr, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga. 1882. F. Robinson and Kloss, This, 1910-11. 



C. Oales, Birds Hrit. IJurmali, Vols, i .V ii, 1883. G. Gairdncr, .Tourn. N. II. Soc. Siam, i, 191.'"). 



D. Honhote P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Robinson, .Tourn. F. M.S. ]Vfusoums, v, 1915. 



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