CENTROPUS PHILIPPENSIS. 



Var. Javanica. 



Ord. Ill"'' Les Grimpeurs, Cuvier. 



Ord. V"^ Zygodactyles, Temminck. 



Ord. II. Pic^, Linn. Syst. Sect. 11. Pedibus scansoriis. 



Ord. I. ScANsoRES, Illiger, Fam. 3. Amphiboli. 



CENTROPUS, Illig. Cuv, Temm. 

 CUC\JIAJ^, Gmel Lath. &c. 



Char. gen. — 'Rostrum capite brevius, incurvvim, valde compressum, grypaneum. 



Tomia integerriina. 

 Nares plumis recumbentibus tectas. 

 Cauda gradata, elongata. 

 Pedes scansorii, congrui. Digiti externi internis longiores, antici fissi, posticorum 



externus versatilis ? Ungues incurvi, posticv^s interniis reliquis aliquantum 



longior, rectiusculus, subulatus. Illiger. 



Centropus cyaneo-nigro nitens, alls badiis. 



Buhut, of the Javanese. 



Centropus Philippensis, Cuv. Beg. anim. 426. 



Coucou des Philippines, Buf. VI. p. 369. — PI Enl. 824. 



Cuculus aegyptius, Var. /3 Linn. Syst. Ed. Gmel. I. p. 420. — Lath. Ind. Orri.p. 213. 



Egyptian Cuckow, Lath. Syn. II. p. 523. 16. A. 



Centropus Bubutus, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Litm. Trans. 



VolXIILp. 180. 

 Cuculus Bubutus, Sir T. S. Baffles' s Cat. of a Zool. Coll. made in Sumatra. Trans. 



Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 286. 



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