Dr. Horsfield's Zoological Researches. 135 



through the continent of Africa to Senegal and Effvm The 

 spec.es which constitute this small group have as yet n;t been 

 clearly defined; and by several ornithologists of the firs emi- 

 nence the adult and the young bird are described with d krTm 

 denominations Although in the Systematic Description of Ja- 

 vanese Birds the Bubut has been enumerated as a Snct spe- 

 cies, a re-exammation of the various specimens in our coLct on 

 and a comparison of the varieties in size and external marks 

 With the figures of Buffon and Le Vaillant, have nduced me 



eSs between ^L^ ■'^" '^ '°"^™ '^'^ "^^^ '^^^'^^^ ^hich 

 exists between the species composing the small group above 



mentioned *; their note has suggested nearly the same nanle 

 in he most distant countries: Wis Bubut ..'L theTvanesT 

 Houhou m Egypt; and Toulmc in Madagascar. Thlv l^el 

 wise resemble each other in their manners and their Sdl„ 

 the islands of the Indian Archipelago, as well as in Egypt" 

 hey are seldom seen in forests, but ffequent low bushes ;Tev 

 cuTts t7' °\'^«Tl^P-rs, and they feed chiefly on lo- 

 S'h Jh^'^e^ternal covering is similai^ both reganlmgthe 

 distribution of colours and the particular properties of the 

 plumage. The feathers of the head, neck, back breast ab 

 domen, and tail, have a very dark blu'e tint inclLin/to Sack" 

 with a strong gloss, which is purple on the summit of the head 

 and neck, yellowish-green with a metallic lustre on the tail 

 and more uniform and dark underneath. But it varies n 



fhflf u'r '7-^f ^l"'"^'^'"S ^« '^^' «g^' «"d accord nt o 

 the light to which they are exposed. A^pecuHar propert? of 

 the plumes covering the head and neck, which belong to aU 



prises the tiubut. Ihe plumes are very rough and riffid and 



itordtriiir^f ^"^ '-^^t ^"^^^^^'^^' t^^i^i 



accoidmg to Illiger, decompound plumes with bristly late- 

 ral filaments. % tail IS gradated, and consists of tenVoad 

 feathers decreasing regularly in size from the intermedSe 

 ones to the two exterior feathers, which are abruptly shoiten" 

 Phccmcophmis Javanicus. P. cano-viridescente niger, malis 

 guh\ jugulo crisso cruribusque ferrugineo-badiis, rect ricibus 

 apice albis.-i?./.«/-^.,,^«,.; of the .I^wanese. Found n the 

 •society of various species of Ccntropus, at the confines of huw 

 iorests, in plains covered with low shrubs, and solitary tree! 



nblv /o M'n.lVl''' '"'"" ^'■°"P '" '""''•"^ °f t'^« ''""owing ^pecics, afiree- 

 ably to M.Cav.cr s arrangement, as given Rcgne Anim. 420. in thereof-- 



•ir 'S^'""' f'"J '^-'-A-/"'«^. ^vhichare united byM.Cmkl 1 



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