624 MR. SHARPE ON ETHIOPIAN CUCULIDiE. [June 1 7, 



I have reproduced Dr. Hartlaub's description, never having seen 

 this bird myself. It is evidently very close to C. nigro-rufus, and 

 may yet prove identical. Comparing my specimen of the latter with 

 the original description of C. grillii, the only differences exhibited 

 are the absence of all bars on the greater wing-coverts, inner seconda- 

 ries, and central tail-feathers in C. grillii. 



8. Centroptjs tovlou. 



Le Coucou de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 138, pi. xiii. fig. 2, 

 1760. 



Cuculus toulou, Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 90 (1776). 



Long-heeled Cue/cow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 524 (1762). 



Coucou de Madagascar appele Toulou, Montb. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 295 

 (1783). 



Cuculus melanorhynchus, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 18 (1783). 



Cuculus tolu, Gm. S. N. i. p. 422 (1788, ex Montb.). 



Polophilus toulu, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 52 (1815). 



Corydonix tolu, Vieill. N. Diet, xxxiv. p. 295 (1819). 



Centropus tolu, Kuhl & Swind., Buff. & Daub. Fig. Av. Norn. 

 syst. p. 6, no. 295 (1820); Less. Traite", p. 136 (1831): Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 167 (1850) ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1861) ; Roch 

 & E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 166 ; E. Newt. I. c. p. 452 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 164 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 824. 



Centropus affinis, Less. Traite, p. 136 (1831). 



Centropus melanorhynchus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 455 (1846). 



Centropus superciliosus, Hartlaub, Faun. Mad. p. 60(1861). 



Corydonyx melanorhynchus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Heine, Th. iv. 

 p. 108 (1862). 



Centropus toulou, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. (1864), p. 243; Grav, 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 214(1870). 



Centropus madag ascariensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 65 

 (1864); id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; id. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. 

 p. 57 (1868). 



Centropus lafresnayanus, J. Verr. N. Arch. Mus. ii. Bull. p. 25, 

 pi. 2 (1866) ; Gray, Haud-1. B. ii. p. 214 (1870). 



Adxdt male. Above and below black, with a bluish green gloss, 

 the shafts stiff and glossy black ; upper tail-coverts more decidedly 

 glossed with greenish ; tail black, with an oily green gloss ; wings 

 brilliant chestnut, tips of primaries and the inner secondaries shining 

 olive-brown ; bill black ; feet greyish ; iris red. Total length 

 16 inches, culmen 1*15, wing 5*9, tail 97, tarsus 1'55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but larger. Total length 16"5 

 inches, culmen 1*5, wing 6'5, tail 10 - 3, tarsus 1 # 6. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



