18/3.] OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 617 



Total length 17*5 inches, culmen 0*95, wing 7"8, tail 10*9, tarsus2'0. 

 Hab. Northern and north-western Madagascar. 



Genus 5. Cochlothraustes. 



( Vide supra, p. 609.) 



Cochlothraustes delalandei. 



Coccygus delalandei, Temm. PI. Col. hi. pi. 440 (1827). 



Coccyzus delalandei, Less. Traite, p. 138 (1831). 



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

 p. 109 (1850) ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 62 (1861) ; Gray, Hand-1. 

 ii. p. 208 (1870). 



Cochlothraustes delalandei, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. 

 p. 74, note (1862). 



Cica delalandei, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 46 (1864). 



Serisomus delalandii, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 5 (1854). 



Adult. Above black, shaded with purplish blue and violet re- 

 flexions, the lower back dusky black ; quills black, shaded with 

 violet and purplish blue, in the form of cross bands ; tail black, the 

 outer feathers broadly tipped with white, the centre feathers shiny 

 violet and deep blue, the outer ones with a greenish gloss ; under 

 surface of body yellowish white, the flanks, thighs, and under wiug- 

 and tail-coverts orange-rufous. 



Total length 21 inches, culmen 2-0, wing 8'8, tail 10'8, tarsus 3'0. 



Hab. Western Madagascar {Grandidiei-). 



Genus 6. Centropus. 



( Vide supra, p. 609.) 



Key to the Species. 



a. Abdomen whitish or bufly white. 

 a'. Throat white or buffy white. 



a". With no perceptible superciliary streak. 



a'". Head greenish black 1. senegalensis. 



b'" . Head purplish blue 2. monachus. 



b". With a broad white eyebrow 3. superciliosus. 



b'. Throat black 4. francisci. 



b. Abdomen chestnut ; throat black 5. epomidis. 



c. Abdomen black. 



c'. Wing-coverts barred with black. 



c". Centre tail-feathers barred with fulvous 6. nigrorufus. 



d". Centre tail-feathers black . . 7. grilli. 



d'. Wing-coverts rufous, not barred 8. toulou. 



1. Centropus senegalensis. 



Le Coucou du Senegal, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 120, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1760) ; 

 Month. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 332 (1783). 



Cuculus senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 169 (1766) ; Walden, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 335. 



Le Houhou d'Egypte, Buff. H. N. Ois. vi.p. 367 (1779). 



Le Rufalbin, Buff. I.e. p. 370 (1779). 



Egyptian Cuckow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 420 (1782). 



