158 ON TlIE BIEDS OF CELEBES. [1872. 



A Macassar specimen, collected by Mr. Wallace, appears to belong to the group of wliicli 

 C. mo-ulinus is typical. It has six of the secondary quills with rufous bars, part of the unmoulted 

 hepatic dress ; otherwise it is undistinguishable from Javan examples of C. lanceolatus. The 

 lateral rectrices are, as in that species, broadly barred with pure white. It is, however, a larger 

 bird, with wings and tail somewhat longer. AN'iug 4i, tail -If. 



Centropodin^. 



PyREnocENTOR, Cabanis. 

 63. Pyrriiocextor celebexsis (Quoy & Gaimard), Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p. 230, pi. 2(J, 

 «Menado"(1830). 



Centropus bicolor, Cuvier, Mus. Paris, fide Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 472 ; 

 Lesson, Tr. p. 137 (1831). 



JIah. Menado (m?<s. nos^r.) ; GoxouidiXo {Forsten). 



I cannot find that Cuvier ever published his title of C. bicolor. A second species of this 

 Tr.Z. S.viii. subsection inhabits the Philippines (P. unimfus. Cab.). But it is not unlikely that Cabanis's 

 ^' ^^' species is the same as C. melanops. Less, ex Cuv., said to have been obtained by the Paris Museum 

 from Java {coiif. Pucheran, op. cit. p. 473). C. melanops is certainly not a Javan bird; and 

 though Professor Schlegel has identified it with C. rufipennis, lUiger, it belongs to a different 

 group of Coucals. Notwithstanding the opinion of the learned Professor, of Prince Bonapai-te, 

 who made it equal to C. medius, Miiller, and Dr. Cabanis, Mr. Cassin appears to have correctly 

 identified it with C. ni(jrifrons, Peale. C. ateralbus. Less., ex New Ireland, is a closely allied 



form. 



In P. celebensis, the fully adult bird loses the bright yellow-rufous chin-, throat-, neck-, and 

 breast-plumage of the younger bird. These parts become very pale fulvous, and contrast with 

 the dark chestnut of the remaining lower region. In this state Cuvier's title of bicolor is applic- 

 able. The young bird is bright rufous throughout ; and, judging by analogy, the Philippme 

 P. unirufus, Cab., is the young bird of C. melanops. Less., = 6'. nigrifrons, Peale. 



Cextrococcyx, Cabanis. 

 64. Centeococcyx affinis (Ilorsf.), Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 180, " Java " (1821). 

 Centropus medius, Bemst. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxi. p. 27 ; J. fiir Orn. 1860, p. 2G9. 

 rectuuf/iiis, Strickl., ap. Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bays, Cnculi, p. (J9. 



Ilab. Macassar {rmts. nostr.) ; Java (mus. nostr.). 



The red-and-black Coucals of the Indian region form a natural and well-defined group ; and 

 I concur with Dr. Cabanis in the propriety of separating them from the African genus Centropus. 

 Notwithstanding the labours of Dr. Cabanis and Professor Schlegel, the species are far from 

 being clearly established. Examples of two species from Celebes are in my collection, and 

 would, were I to follow Professor Schlegel, be referable to C. rcctunfjuis, Strickl, a title made by 

 the learned Professor to include most of the smaller Asiatic Coucals and even an African species. 



