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456. CUCULUS FLAVIVENTRIS, Scop. ; Sonn. Voy. t. 79. 

 Cuculus hyperythrus, Gould, B. of As. pt. viii. 



Mr. Gould figures a bird said to have come from Shanghai ; but 

 the only bird that I can find in the British Museum answering to 

 this description is labelled " Manilla." I included this species in my 

 former catalogue (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265) in the belief that I had an 

 immature specimen of it from Shanghai ; but this last I now find 

 belongs to the following species. It is not, improbable, however, 

 that this species may occur in China. 



457. CUCULUS MICRO PTERUS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 137. 

 Cuculus affinis, A. Hay, J. A. S. B. xv. 18 (large variety). 

 Cuculus michieanus, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. vi. 



4th series, p. 153. 



This very distinct species may at once be recognized by its brown 

 back, wings, and tail, the latter with a broad black bar at the end, 

 connecting the subgenus Hierococcyx with the true Cuckoos. It is 

 almost divisible into two varieties, of larger and smaller form ; but 

 these do not differ in notes according to Jerdon, nor indeed are they 

 constant in size. I found the species on the Upper Yangtsze in 

 company with the C. sparveroides, but not so common. Our birds 

 are of the large form. They were very noisy, flying from tree to 

 tree in an agitated manner, and uttering notes which are well syl- 

 labled in its Bengalese name, Bou-kotdko. I have an immature 

 bird of the same from Shanghai, as noted under the foregoing 

 species (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265). 



458. CUCULUS CANORUS, L. ; Ibis, 1860, p. 62, 1863, p. 96; 

 P. Z. S. 1862, p. 319, 1863, p. 264. 



Cuculus striatus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340 (in part). 



This bird occurs in the mountains of the south in spring, extend- 

 ing northwards to Pekin. During its migration we meet with it on 

 the plains. Its note is precisely that of the home bird, and I can 

 detect no constant peculiar characters in its plumage to entitle it to 

 separation from the European bird. 



459. CUCULUS POLIOCEPHALUS, Lath. Hist, of B. iii. p. 181. 



Cuculus himalayanus, Gould, Cent. pi. 54 (hepatic plumage); 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265.' 



Cuculus tamsuicuSy Swinh. Ibis, 1865> p. 108. 



A miniature of the last. I have specimens from Tamsuy (N.W. 

 Formosa), Arnoy, and Szechuen. 



460. CUCULUS STRIATUS, Drapiez, Diet. Class, d'llist. Nat. ; 

 Ibis, 1862, p. 263. 



Cuculus himalayanus, Vig. ; Jerd. B. of Ind. p. 323. 

 Cuculus striatus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340 (in part.). 

 Cuculus tenuirostris, Temm. 



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