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tectricibus caudee, nigrescenti-viridibus, plumis quatuor intermediis 

 ad apicem, femoribusque castanets : corpore subtus pallid^ cyaneo, 

 crisso coccineo, pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 20 unc. ; rostri, ^y^' "^^' ^f 5 caudte, 7 ; tarsi, H. 



Hab. } 



Mr. Fraser read his descriptions of two new species of Birds, from 

 a collection made in the Island of Luzon, and recently forwarded to 

 the Society by Hugh Cuming, Esq., Corresponding Member. The 

 first of these belongs to the family Cuculidce, the genus Phoeni- 

 cophaus, and to Mr. Swainson's subdivision of that genus, to which 

 he has applied the name Dasylophus. It may at once be distin- 

 guished from all the known members of the family by the singular 

 structure of the feathers of its crest and throat : the shafts of these 

 feathers are expanded at their extremities into laminse, which may 

 be compared to the shavings of whalebone ; and in this respect they 

 resemble the feathers of the crest of the Toucan, to which Mr. Gould 

 in his Monograph applies the name Pteroglossus ulocomus, which is 

 the Pt. Beauharnesii of Wagler *, but are not curled as in that species. 



The feathers above the nostrils, of the crest and chin, and along 

 the middle of the throat, are gray at the base ; have a decided white 

 spot towards the middle, and are terminated by a broad expansion of 

 the shaft, which is of a glossy black colour, and exhibits blue or 

 greenish reflections. The external edge of this expanded portion of 

 the shaft is minutely pectinated. The occiput and sides of the head 

 are gray, passing into dirty white on the cheeks and sides of the 

 throat : the hinder part and sides of the neck, and the breast, are of 

 a deep chestnut colour ; the back, wings, and tail are of a deep shi- 

 ning green colour ; all the tail-feathers are broadly tipped with white ; 

 the vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts are dusky brown, tinged with 

 green ; the bill is horn-colour, and the feet are olive. 



This beautiful and interesting species Mr. Fraser proposed to name 

 after its discoverer Mr. Cuming. Its principal distinguishing cha- 

 racters may be thus expressed : 



Phcenicophaus Cumingi. Ph. cristatus, plumis crista et gutturis 

 laminis corneis ovalibus splendide nigris terminatis ; nuchd, et 

 pectore castaneis ; facie pallide cinered ; alis et caudd metallice 

 virescentibus , hdc ad apicem alba. 



Long. tot. 16 unc; rostri, l^; alee, 6; caudee, 8; tarsi, 1^. 



To the bird above described the following memorandum was at- 

 tached : — " Ansic En Bicol, language of Albay. Eyes red, pupil 



* Oken's Tsis for 1832, part iii. p. 279 i also in the ' Ausland,' 1830, No. 

 118, p. 470. 



