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Length of hallux nearly 1 inch 9 lines, of which the claw 

 measures 1 inch. 



Not an uncommon species; frequents low damp places, the 

 skirts of mangrove swamps, and wherever there is thick cover and 

 water; it is, however, very difficult to get more than a glance 

 at these birds, as they fly low, rarely rising above the bushes. 



Sub-fam. Cuculinae. 

 Gen. Oxylophus. 



Oxylophus coromandus (Linn.). 



Above, head, back, tail, scapularies and greater wing-covers, 

 black, with steel-blue reflections on the tail, and greenish re- 

 flections on the back ; the rest of the wing rufous ; the tips of 

 the primary quills dusky. 



Below, throat rufous yellow, passing into white on the belly, and 

 this colour again, towards the tail, passing gradually into dark gray 

 and black. The tail itself is black, with the feathers indistinctly 

 tipped with dusky white. 



The tail is much and regularly rounded, the outer feathers being 

 four inches shorter than those of the centre. 

 Beak and claws black. 

 Length, 1 foot 4 inches. 



,, of bill, from gape, 1 inch 3 lines. 



,, „ front, 1 inch ; the apparent front, from which 



this measurement is taken is thinly feathered; from the actual 

 front, however, the bill measures 1 inch 3 lines. 

 Length of crest beyond the occiput, nearly 1^ inch. 

 ,, of wings, 6 J inches. 

 „ of tail, 9^ inches. 

 „ of tarsus, 1 inch. 

 ,, of middle toe, 1 inch 2 lines. 

 ,, of versatile toe, 1 inch. 

 ,, of inner toe, barely 10 lines. 

 „ of hallux, 7 lines. 



The specimen above described was shot by a native with a 

 sumpitan or blow-pipe, 



Gen. Eudynamys. 



Eudynarays orientalis (Linn.). 

 Tiung Batu (Malay name). 



General colour — glossy metallic black ; feet and claws black ; beak 

 (in the dried specimen) blackish green lighter at the tip. Tail 



