150 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



('Greenish bronze nlinve; niucli white on forehead: 



,,, ■ little chestnut in tiiil .. .. C. nt. lunlni/nnus, ,^.9 

 Coppery green aixjve ; little or no white on forehcail : 



[ mneh chestnut in tail .. .. C. J.'anlhnr}iij)ulinii. 9 s^'l. 



jj.j Claws of all toes similar .. .. .. .. ..19 



I Claw of hind toe \erv long and nearly straight . . . . . . "24 



,Q (Bill red throughout; general colour above grey /.niichtstnmnH javanlcua jmllidus 



( Rill wholly or partly gi-een .. .. .. .. ..20 



j Culnien almost straight, back ferrnginous .. Eliinnrtlia c. chlo>nph(?a 

 20- Culmen much curved throughout, back metallic 



( green . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 21 



g, I Tail-feathers tipped chestnut . . . . J'JidOiicdpJiacft c. rnjthrngnathus 



( Tail-feathers tipped white .. .. .. .. 22 



.J.J I Abdomen chestnut .. .. .. liliopodytet sumatranus 



I Abdomen not chestnut . . . . . . . . . . 23 



23 . I Wing 6 inches or more, abdomen grey .. Ti. trifitix longicnudatus 



I Wing about o inches, abdomen blackish . . . . li- dinrdi 



( Wing about o.o inches, under wing-coverts 

 21 chestnut .. .. ,. Coitropiis bfngnlensi.'i java)iicnit 



Wing about s inches, under wing-coverts not 



' chestnut . . . . . . C. aitiensis intennedius 



233. Clamator coromandus (Linn.). 



Cuculus coromandus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, p. 171 (CoiomandelV 



Coccystes coromandus, B., p. 54 (Junk Seylon) : F., p. 39 (Trang and 



Langkawi); J., p. 158 (Langkawi, Terutau and Telibon Ids.). 



Not uncommon in the winter months over the whole of the 



Mahxy Peninsula. 



234. Surniculus lugubris dicruroides (Hodgs.). 



Pseudornis dicruroides, Hodirson, Journ. A,'<iat. Soc. Bengal, viii, 



1839, p. 136, pi. (Nepali! 

 Cacanyelus lugubris, B., p. 52 (Junk Seylon). 

 Surniculus lugubris dicruroides, J., p 156 (Langkawi, Terutau, 



Telibun and Lontar Id.s. ; Trang ; Perli.'^) ; K., p. 97 (Koh Lak) ; 



L., p. 97 (Junk Seylon ; Ghirbi). 



9. Koli Lak, S. W. Siam, 2 April 1919. [No. 4946]. 



" Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet purplish grey." 



Total length 2.50: wing 138; tail 184: tarsus 15-5: bill from 

 gape 24-5 mm. 



Adult birds from Kliao Luang, Nakorn Sri Tamarat, have 

 the wings 144, 138, 140, 12(i mm., the last showing an approach to 

 S. I. brachyurut<. 



A. Hume & DaviHon. Strny Ftiathers, vi, 1878. E. O. (irant. Kusciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. :Milllcr, Die Ornis cler fnsel SiilanKa, 188-2. F. RoliinNon and Kloss. Fhis, 1910-11. 



C. ()iit.!<. Birds Uiit. liurniali, V<ils. i \- ii. ia8:i. C- Uairdner. .loiiin. N. H. «<x'. Siain, i, 1915. 



D. Honliote. V./..S. 1901. A'ol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M, S. Museums, v. 1910. 



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