306 iVfr. ViGORs's anc? Dr. HoRsriELD's Description of the 



ris, 16 ; ala a carpo ad remigem tertiam, 8^ ; caiidce, 8^ ; 

 rostri ad frontem, ^, ad rictum, l^V • tarsi, \\. 

 Flinders's Cuckoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 308. no. 63. 



Genus. Centropus. ///. 



1. P II ASIAN IIS. Cent, rufo ftavo nigroquc varie gat us: capite, 



collo, guJA,jugulo, pectore, abdomineque nigris; caudà nigra 



si/pra fasciis albidis interrupt is punetata. 

 Cuculus phasianus. Lath. Lid. Orn. Supp. p. xxx. no. 4. 

 Polophilus phasianus. Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. xlv. 

 Pheasant Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 240. no. 2. 



2. Variegatus. Cent, rufo flavo nigroquc variegatus; dorso pos- 



ticê nigro; caudà nigra supra transversim varicgato-fasciatii. 

 Polophilus variegatus. Leach, Zool. Misc. tab. li. 

 Variegated Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 250. no. 1.5. 



Fam. Rampiiastid.e. 

 Genus. Scytiikops. Lath. 



1. NoviE II0LLANDI.E. Sci/th. supra plumbeo-cinereus, capite 

 collo corporeque subtus pallidc griseis; caudà fascia lata nigra 

 subapicaU, apice albo. 



Scythrops Nova; Ilollandia:. Lath. Lid. Orn. p. 141. 



Psittaceous Ilornbill. Phillips, Bot. Baij, pi. in p. 165. 



Anomalous Honibill. IVhites Journ. pi. in p. 142. 



Scythrops présageur. Temm. PI. Col. 290. 



Australasian Channel-P>ill. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 300. pi. 32. 



The native name of this bird is Curriay'gun. The specimen in 

 the Society's collection was shot by Mr. Caley in the woods at 

 a short distance from Paramatta. He was directed to it by a 

 native who discovered the bird, of which Mr. Caley was long in 

 search, by its loud screaming noise. The same native informed 



him 



