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213.— Coccystes coromandus, Lin. 



Male, Vallet/, Ma^.^Length, 16 ; expanse, 19; wW 6-4; 

 tail, 10; tarsus, M; bill from gape, 1-4; bill at front, 1-05; 

 closed wmgs short of tail, 6-9; crest, 1-7. 



Bill black; feet bluish plumbeous; the soles yellow ; claws 

 dusky; the head is darker than the rest of the upper parts, 

 the forehead alone being without gloss; the tail feathers 

 except the uropygials, are narrowly margined with whitish 

 at the tips; chm and throat fulvous ; flanks pale ferruginous, 

 and the^ thigh-coverts smoky ; lower tail-coverts dull black 

 with whitish margins to the tips of the tail feathers. ' 



The Red-winged Crested Cuckoo appears to be rare in the 

 valley of Nepal, but breeds there, I believe. The only speci- 

 men obtained was shot at Godaveri, at the foot of the hills 

 bounding the valley to the south. 



214.--Eudynamys honorata, Zin. 



Three adult mates, Valley, i¥aj/.— Length, 14-8 to 15-8 • ex- 

 panse 23-3 to 23-7 ; wing, 7-7 ; tail, 7-4 to 8-25 ; tarsus, 12 to 

 1-3; bill from gape, 1-4 to 1*5; bill at front, 1-05 to 1-2 • 

 nostril to tip of upper mandible, 0-78 to O'S ; closed wings 

 short of tail, 3-7 to 4-3. *= 



Bill pale greenish horny, blackish about the nostrils, and base 

 ot lower mandible plumbeous ; gape and orbital skin pinkish • 

 irides bright scarlet and crimson ; feet bluish plumbeous, the 

 soles yellow ; claws dusky horny or blackish. 



Two adult females, Valley, i/a^.— Length 15 and 15'5 • ex 

 pause, 22-4 and 23-6 ; wing, 7-2 and 7-6; tail, 7-3 and Vq • 

 tarsus 1-2 and 1-25; bill from gape, 1-4; bill at front, I'O,- 

 nostril to tip of upper mandible, 0-73 and 075; closed wings 

 short of tail, 4-1 and 4*3. ^ 



Bill greenish horny dark at the nostrils, and plumbeous at 

 base below; gape pmkish; irides crimson; feet bluish or green- 

 ish plumbeous; the soles dirty yellowish; claws dusky horav 



Female, immature Valley, July.-.I,ength, 13-6 ,- expanse, 

 21 5 ; wing, 6-8 : tail, 6-5 ; tarsus, 1-25 ; bill from gape, 1-35 • 

 bill at front, 0-98 ; nostril to tip of upper mandible, 0-65 ,' 

 closed wings short of tail 3*8. 



Bill black ; the tip of the lower mandible light horny ; irides 

 dark brown; feet light bluish plumbeous ; claws dusky; the 

 bars on the wings, tail, and abdomen are rufescent, on the 

 other parts they are white; the hind head darker than the rest 

 ot the upper surface. 



The males have the tail faintly, but regularlv, barred. A 

 pair ot nestlings, taken from a nest of Corvus splende^ts in July, 



