242 CUCULID-E. 



1131. Centropus chlororhynchus. The Ceylonese Coucal. 



Centropus chlororhynchus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 805 (1849) 

 id. Cat. p. 78; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 298 ; Layard, A. M. N. H. (2) 

 xiii, p. 450 ; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 433 ; Legge, Birds 

 Ceyl p. 263, ul. xiii ; Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 342. 



Centrococcyx cnlororhynchus, Hume, S. F. vii, p. 372; id. Cat. 

 no. 217 ter. 



JEtti-kukkula, Cingalese. 



Coloration. Head, body, and tail black, glossed with purple, 

 passing on the neck, upper back, and breast into coppery bronze ; 

 wings, coverts, scapulars, and interscapulars deep bay, tips of 

 quills dusky ; wing-lining blackish. The young does not differ in 

 colour. 



Bill pale apple-green ; inside of mouth black ; iris deep red or 

 dull crimson ; legs and feet black ; claws dusky (Legge). 



Length about 17; tail 9-5; wing 6-4; tarsus 1-9; bill from 

 gape 1-7. 



Distribution. Throughout the forests of the South-west hill 

 region of Ceylon. 



Habits, <$fc. Very similar to those of C. sinensis, but this species 

 appears, from Captain Legge's account, to frequent thicker and 

 damper forest and to have a rather different note. The call of 

 the male is a sonorous long-drawn hoo-whoop, whoop, which can 

 be heard with distinctness for many miles around, and by which 

 the presence of the bird is easily detected. There is also a peculiar 

 monosyllabic sound made by both sexes. The breeding-season is 

 from about April or May till July. 



1132. Centropus andamanensis. The Andaman Coucal. 



Centropus andamanensis, Tytler, ffleavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 321 ; Ball, 



S. F. i, p. 64 ; Hume, S. F. ii, p. 194. 

 Centrococcyx andamanensis, Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 305, pi. xi ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 217 bis ; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, 



p. 404. 



Coloration. When freshly moulted, the head and neck, upper 

 back, rump and lower parts throughout, including the under wing- 

 coverts, are greyish brown ; wings, scapulars, and a narrow band 

 across the back between them deep bay ; tips of quills inf uscated ; 

 tail dark greyish brown glossed with purple. The colours fade, 

 the head and neck become light brown, almost buff, and the edges 

 of the tail-feathers, especially towards the base, isabelline, whilst 

 all gloss is lost. In some specimens, apparently young, traces of 

 barring remain on the lower parts. 



Bill black ; irides crimson ; legs and feet black. 



Length about 19 ; tail 10 : wing 6*5 ; tarsus 2-1 ; bill from 

 gape 1'7. 



Distribution. Only found in the Andaman Islands and Cocos. 



Habits, <$fc. A forest bird fond of coming into gardens, and 



