222 OX A COLLECTION OF BIRDS [1872. 



PENTiiocER'i'x PEAVATUS (Hoisf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 179, " Java" (1820). 



Cucuhis rufovittatus, Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 568, "Java" (1823). 



Cuculus fasciolatiis, Sal. Miiller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Ov. Bcz. Land- en Volk. 

 p. 177, note, sp. 4, " Java and Sumatra" (1839-44). 



" Sabu, 2 , iris warm brown, legs pale bluish lead ; Busan, $ , iris yellow, October." 



The species which inhabits Malacca, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo is considerably smaller than 

 P. somierati (Lath.) of India and Ceylon. 



Longitude 



Alae. Caudse. 



Penthoceryx sonnerati 488 5'12 Candeish. 



„ „ 4wG 4"88 Ceylon. 



„ „ 4-75 4-62 Malabar. 



„ „ 488 5'0 Maunbhoom. 



Penthoceryx pravaUis 4-25 437 Java. 



„ „ 4"25 4-50 Malacca. 



„ „ 6 3-88 40 Sarawak. 



„ „ $ 40 40 Busan. 



? 40 4-12 Sabu. 



Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 308. 



SuRKicuLUS LD6UBRIS (Horsf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 179, adult, " Java " (1820) ; Zool. Res. 

 Java, pi. — . 



Cuculus alhopiinctatus, Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. iv. p. 570, "Java" (1823), av. juv. 

 Pseudornis dicruroides, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. 1839, p. 136, pi. — , " Nipaul." 



" Marup, iris brown." 



Himalayan, Ceylon, Malaccan, and Javan individuals do not differ; and this Marup example 

 also agrees with them. 



Surniculus lugubris 



Java, full black plumage. 

 Java, full black plumage. 

 (Malacca, changing from brown to 

 ( black plumage; no spots. 



Valley of Ne})al, full black plumage. 

 Darjeeliiig, full black plumage. 

 Ceylon, full black plumage. 

 Ceylon, spotted plumage. 

 Marup, spotted plumage. 



Pel.\rgopsis leucocepilvl.\ (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 456 (1788); Sharpe, Mon. Aleed. pi. 59. 

 " Marup, d , iris brown, biU and legs scarlet." 



