of 7 inclies. These birds are frugivorous. In the stomachs of 

 many the fruits of tlie Bergera Kcenlgi and Uvaria undulata 

 only vvere found. The difference in the plumage of the sexes 

 is very remarkable. The female is the larger bird. The tongue 

 of this bird is exactly that of the Cuc. canorus. 



Genus Cuculus, Auct. 



128. Cuculus canorus, Linn. Common Cuckoo, Lath, 



Irides y ellovf. Length 14-rV'nches, inclusive of tail of 6iV 'nches. 

 Rare in Dukhun. 



129. Cuculus fugax, Horsf. Bychan Cuckoo, Lath. 



Irides briglit yellovv. Length 13, V inches, inclusive of tail of 6 

 inches. Tongue as įn 127. This bird has so much the aspect 

 of a Haivk tiiat Colonel Sykes passed it for one, until its note 

 of koeel, koeel, exactly resembling that of Eudynamtjs orientalis, 

 recalled him to the tree on vvhich it was seatedj and he shot 

 the bird. 



Genus Ceiitropus, 111. Coucal. 



130. Centropus Philippensis, Cuv. Coucou des Phdippines, BufF. 



Chestnut-winged Coucal, Lath. Malabar Pheasant of Eu- 



ropeans. 

 Irides rich lake. Length 19§ inches, inclusive of tail ofllį inches. 

 This is a very useful bird, as Colonel Sykes found a snake eight 

 inches long, centipedes, noxious insects, and lizards in the 

 stomach. In the stomach and cesop/iagus of one bird a lizard 

 thirteen inches long \vas found. 



Tribus Tenuirostres, Cuv. 

 Fam. Meliphagidce, Vigors. — Genus Chloropsis, Jard. & Selb. 



131. Chloropsis aurifrons, Jard. & Selby? 



Fam. Cinnyridce, Vigors. — Genus Cinnyris, Cuv. Sun-bird. 



132. Cimiyris lepida. Certhia lepida, Sparrm. Nectarinia lepida, 



Temm. 

 Irides red brovvn. Length 4^ inches, inclusive of tail of IiV 

 inch. Female ashy brovvn above ; light yellow belo\v. Com- 

 mon in Dukhun. Feed on small insects ; also suck honey. 



133. Cinnyris currucaria. Cerlhia currucaria, Linn. Grimpereau 



gris des Philippines, PI. Enl. 576. f. 2. 



This has been considered a young bird ; but Colonel Sykes can 



venture to affirm, from a long observation of its liabits in his 



garden at Poona, that it is a species. Irides bright lake. 



Length ė, V inches, inclusive of tail of 1 ,v inch. A spider, a 



Cicada, and minute Coleopterous insects vvere found in the 



stomach of many birds of this species. They also hover before 



flovvers, and suck the honey \vhile on the vving, likę the Cinu. 



lepida. 



131'. Cinnyris Vigorsii. Cinn. colio supra, nucha, ptilis, scapula- 



ribusque iniense saiiguiiieis, colio iiifra pectoreąue coccineo- 



sanguineis ; strigd ulrįnque mentali sub ridu ad pectus f xlen- 



