114 CUCULIDJ2. 



Cuculus saturatus, Hodgs. 



Cuculus striatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340. 



Cuculus indicus, Tacz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 95, taf. i. figs. 7 & 8. 



Cuculus intermedius, Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



p. 381 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 252 (1891). 

 Cuculus saturatus, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 207 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 158 (1900). 



An egg of the Asiatic Cuckoo in the Collection taken by Swinhoe 

 from a nest of Pycnonotus sinensis is now imperfect, but appears to 

 correspond well with Mr. Hume's description of an egg of this 

 species. It is of a pinkish-white colour, thickly freckled with 

 purplish grey. It measures -67 in breadth. 



1. Amoy (R. Swinhoe: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath. 

 (Plate II. fig. 3.) 



Cuculus poliocephalus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 231 (1878) ; Oates ed. 



Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 382 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xix. p. 255 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 



p. 208 (1895) ; Osmaston, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 472 



(1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. 



p. 158 (1900). 

 Cuculus poliocephalus, var. rochii, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. 



Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 176 (1879). 

 Cuculus rochii, Cowan, Proc. Hoy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. pp. 142, 149 (1882). 



The eggs of the Grey-headed Cuckoo taken in Madagascar by 

 Mr. Cowan are of a regular oval shape, smooth and very glossy. 

 They are white, spotted and speckled with umber-brown, more 

 thickly at the large end than elsewhere, and with a few underlying 

 pale purplish markings. They measure respectively : '75 by '55 ; 

 7 by -48 ; '72 by -56 ; 75 by -54. 



Some eggs of this species from the Crowley Collection are very 

 similar, but the markings are more numerous, and form a well- 

 defined zone round the broad end. 



An egg taken by Mr. Osmaston and attributed to this species is 

 described as being chocolate-colour. It was probably the egg of 

 Chalcococcyx maculatus. 



An egg taken by Mr. Brooks, and believed to belong to this 

 species, is described as being pure white and glossy. 



4. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.], 



2. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Tamala Country, Madagascar Crowley Bequest. 



(W. Deans Cowan). 



Cuculus pallidus (Lath.}. 



Cacomantis pallidus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 615 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 243 (1889). 



