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Ibis, 1881, p. 393; Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 123, Cuculus sumatranus, 

 Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 287. The SUMATRAN GREEN-BILLED 

 MALKOHA. 



Like Rhopodytes diardi but with the centre of the abdomen, vent and under 

 tail coverts deep chestnut; facial skin bordered above by a very narrow white 

 band. It is also considerably larger than R* diardi. 



Length. 16 inches against 14; wing 6-2 against 5*0; tarsus 1-5 against 

 r2 ; bill from gape 1-5 against 1-4; tail 9-0. 



Legs and feet dark plumbeous green ; bill pale green; irides dark brown ; 

 bare orbital space clear orange, palest round the eye, shading to blood-red at 

 posterior angle. (Dav.) 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangkok, Java, and Borneo. Mr. Davison 

 found it in Tenasserim in the secondary scrub, with which a great portion of 

 the island of Mergui is covered, where he says it is quite common. A nest of 

 this species was found by Lieut. Kelham near Perak on the i6th March. The 

 nest, according to him, was a loosely-put-together structure of dry twigs slightly 

 cup-shaped, and built at about 5 feet from the ground in a bush standing on 

 the edge of a jungle path. The eggs were two in number, white, r6 inch 

 in length. 



1010. Rhopodytes viridirostris, Jerd. III. Ind. Om. PL 3 id., 



Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 346. Phcenicophaus Jerdoni, Blyth, J . A. S. B. p. 3 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. vi. p. 163. The SMALL GREEN-BILLED MALKOHA. 



Upper parts dusky cinereous, glossed with greenish ; wings and tail black, 

 glossed with greenish, the tail feathers tipped with white ; under surface of the 

 body greyish, tinged with fawn, paler on the abdomen ; chin and throat with 

 a few black feathers. Bill bright apple green; nude orbital space cobalt 

 blue ; irides blood red ; legs blackish green. 



Length. 15 inches ; tail 10; wing 5-25 ; bill at front i ; tarsus i'3. 



Hab. South India and Ceylon ; frequents thick bamboo and bushy jungles, 

 also groves and avenues, feeds on various large insects,, grasshoppers, '&c. 

 Phcenicophaus pyrrhocephalus occurs in Ceylon and will probably be found 

 to occur Ail South India. 



Gen. RhamphOCOCCyX. Cab. et Hem. 



General characters similar to Rhopodytes, but the nude orbital space larger, 

 and the bill wider and deeper. 



1011. Rhamphocoecyx erythrognathus (Harti.), Saivad. Ucc. 



Born. p. 74 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 89; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 393 ; Oates t 

 B. Br. Burm, ii. p. 124. Phoenicophaeus erythrognathus, Hard., Verz. 

 Mus. Brem. p. 95. Phoenicophaes erythrognathus, Blyth, B. Burmah, p. 81. 

 Phcenicophaus erythrognathus, Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 165. The 

 GREATER RED- BILLED MALKOHA. 



