1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 327 



CiiALCOCoccTX, Cabanis. 



58. * ChALCOCOCCYX AMETHTSTINUS. 



Lampromorpha amethystina, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 98, " neighbourhood of Manilla." 



Cuculus xanthorhynchus, Horsf., apud v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 19, no. 97. 



Mr. Blyth in 1842 (.T. A. S. B. xii. 1, p. 245) expressed himself unable to see in what the 

 Philippine Amethystine Cuckoo, as described by Vigors (/. c), differed from the Javan and 

 Malayan species, and in his catalogue of the Calcutta Museum, no. o54, identified the two forms 

 under Horsfield's title. But there is no evidence that examples had been compared ; and no 

 Philippine example was contained in the Calcutta Museum. All subsequent authors appear to Tr. Z. S. ix. 

 have followed suit, yet without having compared actual specimens. In the ' Conspectus ' 

 (i. p. 107) Bonaparte united the two titles, and even left out the Philippine /iaJzYa^. Dr. Cabanis 

 (Mus. Hein. iv. p. 15), Horsfield and Moore (Cat. E. Ind. Co. Mus. ii. p. 706), Dr. v. Martens 

 {I. c). Professor Schlegel (Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 32), and Mr. G. R. Gray (Hand-list, 

 no. 9049), all made the same identification ; and yet no Philippine examples are recorded as 

 being preserved in any of the Museums these authors had access to. 



Cuculus ccanthorhynchus, Horsf., extends to Borneo ; and it is therefore not of itself 

 improbable that it also occurs in Luzon ; but as there is no positive evidence of the fact, it is best 

 to keep the two titles separate until the contrary is proved. 



HiEEOcoccTx, S. Miiller. 



59. * HiEROcoccrx strenuus. 



Hierococcyx strcmms, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 96, " Manilla ; " id. Birds of Asia, pt. viii. 

 pi. 31, "Manilla" (1856); Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 362. 



Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors), G. E. Gray, Hand-list, 9057. 



Hah. Manilla (Gou/d). 



Hardly separable from H. sparverioides (Vigors). Mr. G. R. Gray (/. c.) unites the two 

 forms. Mr. A. Hume treats them as distinct; for (Pr. A. S. B. 1872, p. 71) that gentleman 

 states that //. strenuus, Gould, inhabits Thayetmyo. Before this identification can be accepted, 

 it will be as well to compare Thayetmyo individuals with the type (the only specimens existing) 

 in the British Museum. 



60. * Hierococcyx pectoralis. 



Hiracococcyx pectoralis. Cab. Mus. Hein. iv. pt. 1, p. 27, no. 23, "Philippines" (1862). 

 % Cuculus hyperythrus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 96, "Cliina;" Birds of Asia, pt. viii. 

 « Shanghai." 



Hah. Philippines (Cahanis). 



Mr. Swinhoe has remarked that the British-Museum specimen of C. hyperythrus is labelled 

 " Manilla" (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 305, no. 456). 



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