384 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (Schmacker) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett, 
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Wage head, Keay); Panay (Sonnerat, Murray, 
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Romblon (Bowrns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Samar (Steere Hap., Bourns € Worcester, Whitehead) ; Siasi (Guillemard) ; Sibu- 
yan (Bourns € Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; 
Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao 
(McGregor). 
Adult.—Sexes similar; wings bright chestnut, tips of primaries and 
secondaries blackish brown; wing-lining glossed with green; remainder 
of plumage black, glossed with dark green and traces of blue. Inris red; 
bill and nails black ; legs dark steel-blue. Length of a male from Manila, 
380; wing, 155; tail, 250; culmen from base, 26; tarsus, 42. Length 
of a female from Cagayancillo, 480; wing, 190; tail, 290; culmen from 
base, 33; tarsus, 40. . 
Immature birds differ from the adult in having the head and body 
brown, more or less mixed with light buff; wings chestnut, barred with 
blackish brown; feathers of head, neck, throat, and breast with pale buff 
shafts; the tail, even in very small young birds, is glossy green like that 
of the adult. 
“Commonest of Philippine cuckoos. Found in the brush and high 
grass in open country; breeds in February and March. LHyes dark 
cherry-red ; legs and feet slaty black; nails black; bill black. 
“Five males from Cebu measure, 395 in length; wing, 152; tail, 239; 
culmen, 30; tarsus, 40; middle toe with claw, 38. A male from Masbate 
measures, 449 in length; wing, 17; tail, 202; culmen, 27; tarsus, 37; 
middle toe with claw, 41. Two females from Masbate measure, 457 in 
length; wing, 171; tail, 247; culmen, 31; tarsus, 41; middle toe with 
claw, 43. It will be noted that the variations in size are very consider- 
able.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
348. CENTROPUS JAVANICUS (Dumont). 
JAVAN COUCAL. 
Cuculus javanicus DUMONT, Dic. Sc. Nat. (1818), 11, 144. 
Centropus javanicus SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 354; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; OATES and REID, Cat. Birds’ Eggs 
(1903), 3, 124; McGrrcor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 63. 
Tu-la-cuc’, Batan. 
Bantayan (McGregor) ; Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; Bon- 
gao (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns € Worcester, McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns € 
Worcester); Leyte (Everett) ; Luzon (Whitehead) ; Mindanao (Bourns € Wor- 
cester); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 
Porter) ; Negros (Steere Exp., Keay); Palawan (Whitehead, Platen, Steere Eap., 
Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere Eap.); Semirara (Worcester) ; 
