616 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE CUCULIDjE [June 17, 



Consp. i.p. 109 (1850); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1861); Schl. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 390 ; 

 Schl. & Pollen, F. M. Ois. p. 56 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208 

 (1870). 



Coua reyaudi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846, lapsu). 



Sericosomusreynaudi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 73 (1 862). 



Adult. Above metallic green, duller on the hind neck and inter- 

 scapular region, more bronzy on the wings and lower back ; quills 

 purplish blue, the secondaries externally greenish, and the innermost 

 bronzy green ; middle tail-feathers bronzy green, the outer ones deep 

 bluish, those nearest the centre of the tail more washed with green 

 externally ; crown bright tawny, forming a cap ; sides of face black- 

 ish ; ear-coverts slightly washed with green ; lower surface of the 

 body cindery grey, with a slight greenish tinge in certain lights ; 

 sides of body and under wing-coverts dull metallic green ; " tarsi 

 greyish ; orbital space pure indigo-blue near the beak and above the 

 eye, underneath and at the external angle bluish white ; iris dark 

 brown" (Grandidier). 



Total length 15 inches, culmen I'l, wing 5'6, tail 8*5, tarsus 1*7- 



Young. Of a greenish rufous, with metallic reflexions ; all the 

 wing-feathers, except the primaries, broadly bordered with rufous 

 maroon ; lower parts of a greyish black, more or less strongly washed 

 with rufous according to age {Grandidier). 



Hah. North-east and north-west of Madagascar. 



The description is taken from a specimen in the Leiden Museum. 



10. Sericosomtjs c^rtjleus. 



Le Coucou bleu de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 156, pi. xiii. 

 fig. 1 (1760); Montb. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 295 (1783). 



Cuculus cceruleus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 171 (1766). 



Le Coucou tait-sou, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. v. p. 69, pi. 218 (1806); 

 Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 48 (1858). 



Polophilus cceruleus, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 56 (1815). 



Coccyzus cceruleus, Bonn. & Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1348 

 (1823); Vieill. & Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 31, pi. 41 (1825); Less. 

 Traite, p. 139 (1831). 



Coua ccerulea, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846); Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 109 (1850); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1861); Roch & E. 

 Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 167 ; E. Newt. /. c. p. 453 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 164 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 

 424 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 390; Schl. & Poll. 

 Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 55 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208 (1870). 



Glaucococcyx cceruleus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 71 

 (1862). 



Cua ccerulea, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 46 (1864). 



Adult. Head, which is crested, and body above and below dull 

 bluish, more dusky on the lower back, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts ; quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail greenish blue, shaded 

 with purple and violet ; " orbital skin ultramarine blue ; tarsi black ; 

 iris brown" {Grandidier). 



