946 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [Nov. 19, 



Wing 3 - 62. I adopt the more recent specific title of malayanus, as 

 it has not as yet been absolutely demonstrated that the Malayan- 

 Peninsula bird is the same as the Javan. The only Javan example 

 I have seen is pure white underneath, without any transverse bands. 

 Above, the whole back is very dark green without any coppery gloss, 

 the head and nape coppery greenish-brown. This individual is 

 fairly represented on plate 102. f. 2, of the ' Planches Coloriees,' 

 under the title of Cuculus chalcites, Illiger, exact habitat unknown. 

 It may be only a phase of plumage; but Horsfield and Moore 

 (Cat. Mus. E. I.C. ii. pp. 706, 707) keep the Malaccan species 

 distinct from the Javan. 



35. HlEROCOCCYX PECTORALIS (60). 



[Zamboanga, c? , April : iris pale yellow ; orbital skin bright 

 chrome-yellow ; bill black'; mandible and base of maxilla greenish ; 

 feet bright wax-yellow ; claws horn-yellow.] 



A single example, which agrees in every detail with the descrip- 

 tion given by Dr. Cabanis. It may also belong, as suggested by me 

 (/. c), to Cuculus hyperythrus, Gould ; but it differs from the figure 

 of that species in wanting the black chin, in not being so intensely 

 rufous underneath, in the rufous colouring not extending below the 

 breast, and in the upper plumage not being of so dark a shade of 

 grey. It also has four, distinct, transverse, narrow, dark caudal bands, 

 and not merely two as described by Mr. Gould. 



36. COCCYSTES COROMANDUS. 



Cuculus coromandus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 171. no. 20. 



[Zamboanga, $ , March : iris brown ; bill jet-black ; feet bluish 

 grey ; interior of gape salmon-red.] 



New to the Philippines, and a most unexpected addition to their 

 fauna. 



37. EUDYNAMIS MINDANENSIS (61). 



[Zamboanga, 2 , March : iris bright crimson ; bill and legs 

 greenish plumbeous, b, c?> March.] 



These are typical examples of the species, and do not differ from 

 North-Mindanao examples. They are somewhat smaller than birds 

 from Guimaras and Zebu. Maximum length of wing 7'5Q. In 

 the female the spots and bands appear in this species to be always 

 rufous. 



38. Centrococcyx viridis (64). 

 [Zamboanga, March.] 



39. Pyrrhocentor melanops (65). 

 [Zamboanga, cf $, March.] 



Sexes alike. 



40. Buceros mindanknsis. 



Buceros mindanensis, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 18/ 1, p. 543. 

 [Zamboanga, 3 $ $ juv., March.] 



