CUCULIDJE. 211 



Cu. violaceus, ax'ilUs, ventre, rectricibicsque eMernis albojasciatisi 



rostroflavo. 

 Violet Cuckoo with the axillae, belly, and outer tail-feathers 



striped with white ; the beak yellow. 



Inhabits Java, but rarely. Length six inches. 



C. Rostro basi depresso. 



C. With the beak depressed at the base. 



Sp. 20. Cu. maculatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 102.— Cu. punctatus, 



Steph. V. ix, p. 105. — Cu. scolopaceus. Steph. v. ix. p. 95. — - 



The East Indies. 

 Sp. 21. Cu. honoratus. Steph. v. ix. p. I04.pl. 21. — Malabar. 

 Sp. 22. Cu, Taitensis. Steph. v. ix.p. 92. — The Society Islands. 

 Sp. 23. Cu. orientalis. Steph. v. ix. p. 87 ; male. — Cu, Minda- 



nensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 103. pi. 20 ; female. — The Philippine 



Islands. 

 Sp. 24. Cu. lugubris. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 1/9. 

 Cu. ater nitore viridi; remigibus eMerioribus pogonio i7tterno 



albo notatis; rectricibus duabus externis crissoque albo Jasciatis ; 



tibiis postice albis. 

 Dark Cuckoo glossed with green ; with the outer quills spotted 



with white on the inner web ; the two outer tail-feathers and 



vent striped with white ; the tibiae white behind. 



Inhabits Java. Length ten inches and a half: 

 called Awon-avvon by the Javanese. 



N. B. The species of this section appertain to the 

 genus Dynamene ? of Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield, 

 of which Cu. maculatus is the type. 



