HIEROCOCCYX. 369 



with rufous. Under surface white washed with buff; chin generally 

 darker, often black; throat and front of the chest broadly striped, the 

 breast with broad short bars to the feathers." (Shelley.) 



"One adult female was obtained in the Island of Busuanga. Upper 

 mandible black, lower greenish; eyelids yellow; eyes orange; legs, feet, 

 and nails bright lemon-yellow. Length, 400; culmen, 32; wing, 223; 

 tail, 211; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 37." (Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS.) 



332. HIEROCOCCYX FUGAX (Horsfield). 

 HORSFIELD'S HAWK CUCKOO. 



Cuculus fugax HORSFIELD, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1821), 13, pt. 1, 178. 



Hierococcyx fugax SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 236; SHAEPE, 

 Hand-List (1900), 2, 157; GATES and REID, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 

 3, 104; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 61. 



Banton (Celestino) ; Basilan (Bourns & Worcester) ; Bohol (McGregor) ; Ca- 

 gayancillo (McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Luzon (Heriot) ; Mindanao 

 (Everett, Steere Exp.) ; Mindoro (McGregor, Porter) ; Sulu (Bourns & Worcester). 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Adult. Above uniform slate-gray; end of tail bright rufous otherwise 

 very similar to- that of H. sparverioides ; below white, with a variable 

 amount of rufous on the breast ; in some specimens the whole chest rufous, 

 in others only the edges of the feathers rufous; chin gray; throat white 

 slightly tinged with gray, and occasionally streaked with brown or rufous ; 

 no bars on breast thus distinguishing it from H. sparverioides. Length 

 of male from Cagayancillo, 280; wing, 170; tail, 151; exposed culmen, 

 20; tarsus, 18. Length of female from Mindoro, 285; wing, 170; tail, 

 157; exposed culmen, 20; tarsus, 19. 



"Immature. Top of head gray; upper parts including wings, dark 

 gray barred with rufous, tail barred as in the adult with light brown, 

 blackish brown, and rufous, the rufous bars narrowest ; under parts white 

 with broad, pointed, mesial stripes of blackish; edges of feathers washed 

 with rusty-brown; under tail-coverts white. 



''Nestling. Similar in plumage to the immature bird, with the back 

 brown and the markings on the breast rather larger. Length, 208 mm." 

 (Shelley.) 



"Rare and shy. Found skulking in thick bushes or under-brush, often 

 near water. A male measures, 286 in length; wing, 167; tail, 153; 

 culmen, 25 ; tarsus, 20 ; middle toe with claw, 27. A female, length, 305 ; 

 wing, 173; tail, 139; culmen, 25; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 28. 

 Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails bright yellow. Bill with upper man- 

 dible olive-green at base, black at tip ; lower mandible olive-green. Food 

 beetles and other insects." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 

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