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are rather smaller, tliey do not agree with the U. minor of Shaw, 

 which is found in Africa. 



Genus Pomatorhinus, Horsf. 



87. Pomatorhinus montanus, Horsf., Linn. Trans., XIII. p. 165. 



No essential difference is apparent between a specimen of this 

 bird sent from Assam and the specimens obtained in the Island of 

 Java, from which the original description was made. 



Fam. CucuLiDJE. 

 Genus Phcenicophaus, Vieill. 



88. Phcenicophaus tristis. Lesson ? 



" Bottle-green above ; dark greenish-gray beneath ; throat light 

 greenish-gray, with black streaks ; naked space around the eyes ; su- 

 perciliary streak white ; tail with white tip ; beak green. Thirteen 

 inches long." — McClelland's MS. 



No specimen having been found of this species, it will require 

 further observations to determine its true character. 



Genus Centropus, 111. 



89. Centropus Philijjpensis, Cuv. 



" This species is very common in villages and cultivated rice-fields 

 in Assam, and in low inundated lands along the banks of rivers, It 

 is tame even in the most desei'ted places in which it is found, and 

 seldom flies ; but if pressed too closely, it rather forces its way into 

 a thick hedge. It delights in moist humid climates, as is proved by 

 the vast numbers of them which occur in the Sunderbunds, the only 

 part of India except Assam in which I have seen them ; but I believe 

 they are also seen in the vicinity of Calcutta. I am informed that 

 they are common at Maulmain on the Tenasserim coast, but I 

 question if they are to be found in India further north-west than 

 Bengal. They have a very peculiar suppressed note, resembling 

 whono, uttered with such a degree of ventriloquism, that although 

 you see the individual from which the sound escapes, you do not ex- 

 pect it as the cause. In passing through the Sunderbunds in April 

 last, this whono was almost the only sound I heard, and I was at first 

 induced to suppose that it proceeded from some concealed animal in 

 my boat." — McClelland's MS. 



90. Centropus lepidus, Horsf, Linn. Trans., XIII. p. 180. 



Mr. McClelland's specimen is comparatively of a large size, but 

 agrees in all particulars with the Cent, lepidus from Java. 



Genus Trogon. 



91. Trogon Hodgsotiii, Gould, 'Monograph of Trogon idas.' 



