INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 161 
All subsequent authors appear to have followed suit, yet without having compared 
actual specimens. In the ‘ Conspectus’ (i. p. 107) Bonaparte united the two titles, and 
even left out the Philippine Aaditat. Dr. Cabanis (Mus. Hein. iv. p. 15), Hoyrsfield 
and Moore (Cat. E. Ind. Co. Mus. ii. p. 706), Dr. v. Martens (J. c.), Professor Schlegel 
(Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 32), and Mr. G. R. Gray (Hand-list, no. 9049), all made the 
same identification; and yet no Philippine examples are recorded as being preserved in 
any of the Museums these authors had access to. 
Cuculus azanthorhynchus, Horsf., extends to Borneo; and it is therefore not of itself 
improbable that it also occurs in Luzon ; but as there is no positive evidence of the fact, 
it is best to keep the two titles separate until the contrary is proved. 
Hrerococcyx, S. Miiller. 
59. * Higrococcyx STRENUUS. 
Hierococcyx strenuus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 96, “ Manilla ;” id. Birds of Asia, pt. viii. pl. 31 
“Manilla” (1856) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 362. 
Heirococcyx sparveroides (Vigors), G. R. Gray, Hand-list, 9057. 
Hab. Manilla (Gould). 
Hardly separable from H. sparverioides (Vigors). Mr. G. R. Gray (/.c.) unites the 
two forms. Mr. A, Hume treats them as distinct; for (Pr. A. S. B. 1872, p. 71) that 
gentleman states that H. strenuus, Gould, inhabits Thayetmyo. Before this identifi- 
cation can be accepted, it will be as well to compare Thayetmyo individuals with the 
type (the only specimen existing) in the British Museum. 
60. * Hrerococcyx PECTORALIS. 
Hiracococcyx pectoralis, Cab. Mus. Hein. iv. pt. 1, p. 27, no. 23, “ Philippines ” (1862). 
? Cuculus hyperythrus, Gould, P. Z.S. 1856, p. 96, “ China ;” Birds of Asia, pt. viii. “ Shanghai.” 
Hab. Philippines (Cabanis). 
Mr. Swinhoe has remarked that the British-Museum specimen of C. hyperythrus is 
labelled “ Manilla” (P. Z.S. 1871, p. 305, no. 456). 
Coucou & ventre rayé de Visle Panay, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 120, pl. 79. 
Cuculus flaviventris, Scop. Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 89, no. 46 (1786), ex Sonn. 
Cuculus radiatus, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 420, no. 44 (1788), ex Sonn. 
Sonnerat’s account and figure of this supposed Philippine species of Cuculus agrees 
well with Cuculus solitarius, Vieillot'; and I have little doubt that Sonnerat in this, as 
in so many other instances, described from an African and not a Philippine individual. 
The titles, however, founded on Sonnerat’s plates have been much bandied about, and 
applied to various species of Asiatic Cuckoos, by different authors (conf. Blyth, J. A. S. B. 
* Cuculus capensis, Gm., founded on le Coucou du cap de Bonne-espérance, Montb. (Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 353), 
is a Cuckoo in hepatic plumage, which it is difficult to determine. 
