396 Mr. G. C. Norman on the Geographical 



cinnamon, as well as the lower parts from the chest down- 

 wards, which are scarlet in the male ; the wing-coverts and 

 secondaries barred with ochreous brown instead of white. 

 Total length 12 inches, wing 5*5, tail 7. 



Nos. 2300, 2373. 4000 feet. 



The beautiful red head and grey chest of this species dis- 

 tinguish it at a glance from H. Icasumba, H. hodgsoni, and, 

 in fact, from every known species of the genus. It is quite 

 a Trogon apart. The colour of the bill and face are from a 

 coloured sketch sent by Mr. Whitehead, who, if he had not 

 been a born traveller, would have made his mark as an artist. 



19. Carpophaga badia (Raffl.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 291. 



No. 1906. ^ . '' Eye pale dull yellow ; skin round eye, 

 cere, and feet dirty pink. A very local species, as yet met 

 with only in one forest." 



This fine Pigeon is now recorded from Borneo for the first 

 time, though Count Salvad ori hints that it is a species likely 

 to occur in the island. 



XL. — Note on the Geographical Distribution of the Crested 

 Cuckoos (Coccystes). By G. C. Norman, F.Z.S. 



Op this Old-World genus I am able to recognize seven dis- 

 tinct species, of which one is Palaearctic or, rather, Mediter- 

 raneo-Persic, in its distribution, one is strictly Indian, one is 

 Indo-Ethiopian, and all the rest are absolutely Ethiopian. 

 The material for the present paper consists chiefly of the 

 large series of skins in the British Museum and in the col- 

 lection of Captain Shelley, who is at present engaged in 

 describing the species of Cuculidce. I have therefore confined 

 my observations to the geographical aspects of the question, 

 this paper having been in preparation before Captain Shelley 

 was working at the group, and I have to thank him for the 

 loan of his private collection, which contains a fine series of 

 the African species. Mr. Seebohm has likewise very kindly 

 placed his specimens of Coccystes at my disposal; and I 

 am also much obliged to Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe for many 

 valuable hints in my studies. 



