the Cuckoos of the Genus Neomorphus. 293 



Mus. Acad, of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia. Labelled by 

 Mr. Cassin as this species. " Bought from Bell, 1864." 



This specimen corresponds closely with Mr. Gray's plate, 

 differing only in the central tail-feathers being purple instead 

 of green. 



4. Neomorphus pucherani (Deville), Rev. Zool. p. 51; 

 Cast. Voy. pis. 6, 7. 



Female. Bill deep carmine, the ends of both mandibles and 

 the cutting-edges pale yellow. In a note attached to the spe- 

 cimen Mr. Hauxwell says, " Iris brown, point of beak green, 

 the rest and skin around the eyes red, skin behind the eye 

 light blue/'' The bill still retains its deep carmine colour ; but 

 the bare space behind the eye is blackish, the blue colour 

 having almost entirely faded out. 



Front dark brown, top of head, crest-feathers, occiput, and 

 a mark under the eye from near the front angle deep blackish 

 blue; chin and upper parts of throat light ash, with an ochreous 

 tinge, feathers of the lower part of the throat dark ash, with 

 paler margins, the extreme end of each marked with a very 

 narrow but distinct black line ; the throat-feathers are slightly 

 rounded at their ends ; there is a well-defined pectoral band 

 of blue-black, formed by two rows of feathers having their 

 ends of that colour, the concealed portion of these feathers 

 is much paler than in those immediately above ; breast and 

 abdomen dark ash washed with ochreous, lower part of ab- 

 domen, flanks, and crissum dark purple-brown; the feathers 

 of the thighs are pale cinereous, with their ends light brown ; 

 hind neck, back, and upper wing-coverts greenish olive ; lower 

 part of back, rump, and upper tail-coverts olivaceous brown ; 

 the central tail-feathers are of a fine reddish purple, in certain 

 lights changing partly to green, the next pair green, with the 

 edges of the outer webs purple, the third pair dark green, the 

 fourth and fifth pairs dark purple, with a wash of green ; under 

 surface of the tail blackish purple ; the primaries are bluish 

 purple ; the larger wing-coverts and the entire outer webs of 

 the secondaries are of a brownish maroon-colour, the inner 

 webs are dark purple, except the ends, which are maroon- 

 colour ; tarsi and toes dark fleshy brown, nails pale brownish. 



