104 CUCULID^. 



Coccystes cafer (LicJd.). 



Coccvstes cafer, Sharpe, eel. LayavfVs Birds S. Africa, p. 158 (1875-84) ; 

 'Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 1^21 (1891); Sharjje, Hand-l ii. 

 p. 156 (1900). 



An e^^ of Levaillant's Cuckoo in the Collection is nearly elliptical 

 in shape, and quite devoid of all gloss. It is of a pale greyish colour, 

 very densely spotted and freckled all over with lavender and two 

 shades of brown. It measures 1-09 by -8. 



1. Bissao, Senegambia (Tm/'ra??! Co^/.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus SURNICULUS, Less. 



Surniculus lugubris (Ilorsf.). 



Surniculus lugubris, SMky, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 227 (1891) ; Blanf. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 223 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 170 (1899); Shar2^e, Hand-l. ii. p. 156 (1900). 



The eggs of the Drongo Cuckoo are of a blunt oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are of a pinkish-white colour, marked, 

 chiefly in the form of a zone round the broad end, with pale lilac- 

 brown and lavender. Two examples measure respectively : '8 by 

 •59 ; -79 by -54. 



L Himalayas (iVeArAorn Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Java, 2nd May (with 2 eggs of Crowley Bequest. 

 Pyoionotus auriy aster). 



Genus HIEEOCOCCYX, S. 2Iilll 



Hierococcyx variiis {Vahl). 



(Plate II. fig. 7.) 



Hierococcyx varius, Leyr/e, Birds Cei/lon, p. 240 (1878) ; Oates ed. Ilmne, 

 Aests ^- Eqqs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 383 (1890) ; S/ielley, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xix. p. 234 (1891); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 213 

 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 170 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 

 p, 157 (1900). 



An egg of the Common Indian Hawk-Cuckoo found by Mr. Iver 

 Macpherson in the nest of Crateropus canorus is of a broad elliptical 

 form, smooth, highly glossy, and of a deep blue colour. It measures 

 1*12 by '82. Nehrkorn describes the egg as being spotted. 



1. Mysore, S. India, 26th May (/. Mac- Hume Coll. 

 pherson). 



Hierococcyx fugax {Ilorsf.). 



Hierococcyx fugax, Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 202 ; 1890, p. 10; Shelley, Cut. 

 Birds B. M. xix. p. 236, part. (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersanivil. 

 p. 170 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 157 (1900). 



