NO. 1197. BIRDS FEOM mai>agascab—obebe:olser. 241 



CUCULUS POLIOCEPHALUS ROCHII (Hartlaub) . 



Cuculus rochii Haetlaub, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, p. 224. 

 Cuculus poliocephahis var. rocliii Milne-Edwards and Geandidier, Hist. Madag., 

 Ois., 1, 1879, p. 176. 



Two specimens from the forest of East Imerina. "Iris clear brown; 

 eyelid yellow; feet yellow.'" One of these is a young bird, with brown 

 and rufous barred upper surface ; the other is an adult. Judging* from 

 the small series at hand, the Madagascar form of Cuculus poUoceplialus 

 differs from that of Central Asia in the conspicuously darker color of 

 the upper parts, as well as in the somewhat narrower barring below, 

 and forms apparently a well-marked geographical race, to which is 

 applicable the name rocliii Hartlaub, as above given. 



Family CAPEIMULGID^. 



CAPRIMULGUS ENARRATUS Gray. 

 Caimmulgiis enarratus Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1871, p. 428. 



One adult female from the forest of East Imerina, February, 1896. 

 " Eye yellowish brown." The tail-feathers are in process of molt. 



Family CORACIID^. 



EURYSTOMUS GLAUCURUS (MiiUer). 



Coracias glaucurus Muller, Syst. Nat., Anhang., 1776, p. 86. 

 Eurystomns glauCiirus Gray, Hand-list Birds, I, 1869, p. 76. 



Five specimens. One of the three adults is very deeply colored, 

 particularly above ; its throat and breast are brilliant violet instead of 

 the usual rose purple. Of the two immature birds one is still greenish 

 blue below; the other has much brownish and some purplish admixture. 

 In these last the feathers of the upper surface have more or less dark 

 brown centrally, imparting a mottled appearance that is absent in the 

 adults. 



ATELORNIS CROSSLEYI (Sharpe). 



Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875, p. 74, pi. xiv. 



Two specimens from the forest of East Imerina. "Iris light brown." 

 The bird marked male has the crissum blue; the one sexed female has 

 the same part bluish green. 



ATELORNIS PITTOIDES (Lafresnaye). 



Brachypteracias pittoides Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool., 1834, pi. xxxii. 

 Atelornis pittoides Pucheran, Eev. Zool., 1846, p. 200. 



Two specimens from the forest of East Imerina. " Iris dark brown." 

 One of these is an immature bird, differing from the adult in the par- 

 ticulars mentioned by Dr. Sharpe,^ also iu the conspicuous chestnut 

 margins of the wing-coverts and the superior tail-coverts. 



I Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII, 1892, p. 8. 

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