384 MAXIAL OF PHILIPPINE ItlllDS. 



Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindanao (tftccrc. Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, Ooodfellow) ; Mindoro (Schmacker) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Keay) ; Panay (Sonnerat, Murray, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead) ; Siasi (Gitillemard) ; Sibu- 

 yan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; 

 Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao 

 (McGregor). 



Adult. Sexes similar; wings bright chestnut, tips of primaries and 

 secondaries blackish brown; wing-lining glossed with green; remainder 

 of plumage black, glossed with dark green and trace? of blue. Iris red ; 

 bill and nails black ; legs dark steel-blue. Length of a male from Manila, 

 380; wing, 155; tail, 250; culmen from base, 26; tarsus, 42. Length 

 of a female from Cagayancillo, 480; wing, 190; tail, 290; culmen from 

 base, 33 ; tarsus, 40. 



Immature birds differ from the adult in having the head and body 

 brown, more or less mixed with light buff; wings chestnut, barred with 

 blackish brown ; feathers of head, neck, throat, and breast with pale buff 

 shafts ; the tail, even in very small young birds, is glossy green like that 

 of the adult. 



"Commonest of Philippine cuckoos. Found in the brush and high 

 grass in open country; breeds in February and March. Eyes dark 

 cherry-red ; legs and feet slaty black ; nails black ; bill black. 



"Five males from Cebu measure, 395 in length; wing, 152; tail, 239; 

 culmen, 30 ; tarsus, 40 ; middle toe with claw, 38. A male from Masbate 

 measures, 419 in length; wing, 17; tail, 202; culmen, 27; tarsus, 37; 

 middle toe with claw, 41. Two females from Masbate measure, 457 in 

 length; wing, 171; tail, 247; culmen, 31; tarsus, 41; middle toe with 

 claw, 43. It will be noted that the variations in size are very consider- 

 able." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



348. CENTROPUS JAVANICUS (Dumont). 

 JAVAN COUCAL. 



Cuculus javanicus DUMONT, Die. Sc. Nat. (1818), 11, 144. 



Centropus javanicus SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 354; 

 SHABPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; GATES and REID, Cat. Birds' Eggs 

 (1903), 3, 124; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 63. 



Tu-la-cuc' t Batan. 



Bantayan (McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Bon- 

 gao .(Everett) ; Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns d 

 Worcester) ; Leyte (Everett) ; Luzon (Whitehead) ; Mindanao (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter) ; Negros (Steere Exp., Keay) ; Palawan (Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, White); Panay (Steere Exp.); Semirara (Worcester) ; 



