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The specimen from Pegu corresponds exactly with others from 

 the Bhootan Dooars, Tipperah, and Dacca. This species is really 

 very distinct from Duvaucelii, of which I have numerous speci- 

 mens from Singapore, Malacca, and that neighbourhood. 



In the first place, the red about the face is paler, and more 

 rosy ; the ear coverts are more or less of a torquoise blue, instead 

 of being dusky, or blackish green as in Duvaucelii. The bristles 

 of the bill, long as they are, are not nearly so long as in Du- 

 vaucelii, and none of my specimens exhibit the conspicuous black 

 gular band which seems to characterize the adults of Duvau- 

 celii. 



The adults of the present species have the lores and a narrow, 

 more or less inconspicuous, line at the base of the forehead ; a 

 narrow line over the eye not extending beyond it ; a more or less 

 broad band over the crown ; the ear coverts and the entire chin 

 and throat, a dull torquoise blue, more or less tinged greenish on 

 the coronal band. The forehead, and a spot at the base of the 

 lower mandible, black ; a broad line under the eye, rosy, or pale 

 dull vermillion. A line under the ear coverts from behind the 

 black mandibular spot, and a line over the ear coverts from 

 behind the posterior angle of the eye, a dull rosy crimson ; some- 

 times these lines widen out posteriorly and unite behind the 

 ear coverts, sometimes they do not. The entire upper surface, 

 a dark grass green. The first two primaries, and the inner 

 webs of all the rest of the primaries and secondaries, deep 

 hair-brown. The shoulder of the wing, tinged bluish, the 

 lateral tail feathers, with a strong bluish tint. Breast, green, with 

 more or less of a golden tinge ; in some specimens with more or 

 less of a ruddy tint, just below the blue throat. The rest of the 

 lower parts, dull pale green, with a yellowish tinge at times on the 

 lower tail coverts. Wing lining and the inner margins of the basal 

 portion of the quills, pale yellowish white. One specimen ex- 

 hibits traces of an imperfect dark blue band near the base of the 

 throat. 



In younger birds, the black frontal patch is only indicated ; the 

 coronal band is not defined at all, and the whole crown and 

 occiput are a dull dark bluish green, or greenish blue, shading off 

 gradually into the green of the back. 



199— Cuculus canorus, Lin. 



I have as yet only seen one specimen of the European Cuckoo 

 from Upper Pegu. This was shot in November by Mr. Raikes 

 at Prome. It is a young bird ; in the barred upper plumage, 

 only the rump being pure ashy. It is rather small, the wing 

 being only about 7*8 j but this is not very exceptional for a male 

 of the year, although they are generally, I think, fully 8 inches. 



