'"^'''■1 ELLior ,)ii Birds from iVorf/i,uist lioriico. I I 



65. Nyctiornis amicta. 



Mcro/^s (iiiiu t/is 'i\:MM. Plan. Col. pi. 310. 



Nyc/ioruis aiiiic/a Salv. Ucc. Born. ]i. 91 (187.1). — Dkkssek, Mon. Mcr. 

 pis. I, 2, p. 3 (1S84-S6).— Sharp li, Ibis, 1890, p. iS. 

 ISaiuiakan River. Iris golden yellow. Of general distribution but 

 rather iineoninion. — C. F. A.] 



Family Coraciid^e. 

 66. Eurystomus orientalis. 



Coracids oriciilalis LiNN. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 159 (1766). 



Eurystomus orientalis Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 105 (1874). — Shakte, Ibis 

 1890, p. 21. 

 [Sandakan. Iris brown; bill, legs, and feet light red. A conspicuous 

 bird, often seen perched on the top of some large dead tree in a clearing, 

 occasionally leaving its place to make a short excursion after insects. — 

 C. Y. A.] 



Family Cuculid.e. 

 67. Rhopodytes erythrognathus. 



PlneiiicophcBiis rrythrogiinthiis Hartl. Verz. Mus. Brem. p. 95 (1S-14). 

 Rhamphococcyx crythroffuathus Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 74 (1874). 

 R liopodytcs erythrognathus Shakpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S73. p. 604; id. 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 12. 

 [Suanlamba River. Iris ]iale blue in the male, golden yellow in the 

 female. Skin around eye ligbt maroon. Maxilla and tip of mandible pale 

 green.— C. F. A.] 



6S. Rhinortha chlorophaea. 



Cuculus rhlorophieus Raff. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 28S (1822). 

 Rhinortha < hlorophcca Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 69 (1874). — Sharte, Ibis, 1890 



P- 1.3- 

 I Suanlamba River. Iris dark brown. Skin around eye emerald green, 

 bill darker.— C. F. A.] 



69. Zanclostomus javanicus. 



Phcenicoph(eus /avanicus IIoRSF. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 178 (1S22). 

 Zanclostomus javanicus Salv. Ucc. Born. p. 75 (1874). — Sh.arpf Ibis, 

 1890, p. 13. 



