1480. 
1481. 
1482. 
1483. 
1484. 
1485. 
1486. 
1487. 
1488. 
(1110) 
(1111) 
(1118) 
(1112) 
(1114) 
(1114) 
(1114) 
(1115) 
(1115) 
BIRDS OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, 327 
Hierococcyx fugax nisicolor. Hodgson’s Hawk- 
Cuckoo. 
Cuculus nisicolor Blyth, J.A.S.B., xii., p. 943 (1843), (Nepal). 
Himalayas, Nepal to Assam, Burma and Siam. 
Hierococcyx nanus. The Small Hawk-Cuckoo. 
Hume, S.F., v., p. 490 (1877), (S. Tenasserim). 
S. Tenasserim, Salangor and N. Borneo. 
Cacomantis merulinus querulus. The Rufous- 
bellied Cuckoo. 
Cacomantis querulus Heine, Jour., f. Orn., 1863, p. 352 (Nepal 
Burma). 
E. Bengal, N. and 8. Assam, Burma and 8S. China. 
Cacomantis merulinus passerinus. The Indian 
Plaintive Cuckoo. 
Cuculus passerinus Vahl., Skriv., Nat. Selsk., iv., p. 57 (1797), 
(India). 
India and Ceylon, excluding previous area and Rajputana. 
Penthoceryx sonneratii sonneratii. The Banded 
Bay Cuckoo. 
Cuculus sonneratii, Lath., Ind. Orn., ¢., p. 215 (1790), (India), 
(N. Cachar Hills). - 
India, Burma and Siam. 
Penthoceryx sonneratii waiti. The Ceylon 
Banded Bay Cuckoo. 
Stuart Baker, Bull, B.O.C., xxxix., p. 46 (1918), (Ceylon). 
Ceylon only. 
Penthoceryx sonneratii venustus. The Malay 
Banded Bay Cuckoo. 
Cuculus venustus Jerd., Madr. Jour. L.S., xiii., p. 140 (1842), 
(Malacca). 
S. Tenasserim and Siam, Malay Pen. to Borneo and Java. 
Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus xanthorhynchus. 
The Violet Cuckoo. 
Cuculus xanthorynchus Horsf., Trans. L.8., xiii., p. 179 (1821), 
(Java). 
Assam to N. and Central Burma. 
Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus malayanus. The 
Malay Violet Cuckoo. 
Cuculus malayanus Raff., Tran. L. S., viit., p. 286 (1822), 
(Malay Pen). 
Pen. Siam and Burma, Andamans, etc., Malay Pen. to 
Borneo. 
