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A male C. merulinus has the " iris scarlet ; bill blackish above, pale reddish below ; 

 gape orange ; feet ochre-orange, claws black." A large C. threnodes, also a male : 

 " Iris red-brown inwardly, paling outwardly; eyelid bright ochreous ; feet ochreous, 

 claws blackish." 



75. Sumiculus lugubris (Horsf.). 



? . ad. 2000 to 3000 feet. " Iris dark brown ; feet very dark slaty blue ; bill 

 black." Wing 128 mm. 



76. Cuculus intermedius Vahl. 



c?. Low country. " Iris ochreous yellow ; eyelids lemon ; maxilla black ; 

 mandible horn-colour with blackish tip ; feet ochreous, soles rich ochre, claws 

 darker." Wing 210. Rather long-winged, but undoubtedly C. intermedius. 



77. Centropus javanicus (Dumont). 



An immature male, rather pale above, but otherwise typical ; shot in low 

 country. 



78. Phoenicophaes (Rhinococcyx) curvirostris (Shaw). 



Not rare in the low country. ? . " Beak bright yellowish green ; lower 

 mandible and base of commissure black ; iris bright ochreous ; space round eye 

 rich scarlet ; feet slaty blackish." Exactly like Javan specimens. 



79. Palaeornis alexandri (L.). 



Specimens from the low country, cf . " Iris pale yellow ; bill orange-red ; feet 

 greenish." 



80. Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsf.). 



c?, 2000 to 3000 feet. "Eye bright yellow; bill greenish, yellowish at tip; 

 feet greenish yellow." 



81. Phodilus badius (Horsf.). 



One female from the low country. It is like one from Malacca in the Tring 

 Museum, while one from Sikkim is very much larger. The bird is described from 

 Java. Doherty describes the feet as dirty brownish white, the iris as deep brown. 



82. Treron (Osmotreron) griseicauda Gray. 



Low country and up to 3000 feet. <? ad. " Iris orange ; skin round eye 

 yellow ; bill yellow, basally bluish green ; feet beet-red." ? ad. " Eye orange, 

 skin round it bluish green ; beak terminally pale yellow, basally dark bluish." 



83. Carpophaga williami sp. nov. 



Carpophaga similis speciei C. lacernulata dictae, sed capite supra saturate 

 grisescente-vinaceo, collo pectoreque summo concoloribus, gula vinacea. Al. ? 194, 

 6 207 mm. 



Half. Bali. 



