326 ON THE BIEDS INHABITING [1875. 



Hab. Manilla [Lindsay). 



The rant^e of this fine Goatsucker within the islands is quite unknown. The individual 

 noted by Mr. G. R. Gray {I. c.) as being a variety from North China, is identical with authentic 

 Philippine examples. It was obtained from Mr. Fortune. 



Caprimulgus, Linnaius. 



55. Caprimulgus manillensis. 



Ccqmmulrjus manillensis, G. E. Gray, List Brit. Mus. Fissirostres, p. 7, no. 11, "Manilla" 

 (1848), dcsa: nulla; Hand-list, no. 637. 



% Cajmmuhjus macroiirus, Horsf, v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 19, no. 94, " Philippines." 

 Caprimulgus, sp., Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 115, no. 2, " Celebes." [Antea, p. 212.] 

 Tr. Z. S. ix. Belongs to the same section as C. albonotatus, C. nigriiiennis, C. macrurus, and C. schlegelii. 



^' ^^^' It agrees well with the single Celebean example above referred to. The two type specimens in 

 the British Museum are not fully adult. Outer pair of rectrices with only the terminal portion 

 of the inner web white. Both webs white in the second outer pair. This is probably the species 

 observed by Dr. v. Martens in the collection of the Manilla Military Library and identified by 

 him with C. macrurus, Horsf. 



56. * Caprimulgus griseatus. 



Caprimulgus griseatus, G. E. Gray, Hand-list, no. 629, "Philippines" (1869), descr. nulla. 



Founded on a single example, in the British Museum, obtained from the Philippines through 

 the Brothers Verreaux. It belongs to the same group as C. monticola and C. affinis, being 

 intermediate in dimensions. Wing 6-25, tail 4 inches. The type is in very grey plumage. 

 More examples must be compared before its specific distinctness can be established. 



CUCULID^. 



CUCULIN^. 



Cacomantis, S. Miiller. 



57. * Cacomantis merulinus. 



Le petit Coucou de I'isle de Panay, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 121, pi. 81. 



Cuculus merulinus, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 89, no. 48 (1786), ex Sonn. ; 

 Schlegel, part., Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 21. 



Petit Coucou de Visle de Panay, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 814, ex Sonn.f 



Le Coucou a tete grise et ventre jaune, Montbeillard, Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 382, ex Sonn. 



Cuculus flavus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 421, no. 45 (1786), ex Montbeillard, ex Sonn.; Walden, 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 332. 



Ilah. Luzon ((refers); Panay (<S'ow«cra!?). 



On this and its allied forms conf. Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 53. [Antea, p. 156.] 

 t There can be little doubt that D'Aubenton figured Sonnerat's tyijc. 



