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Sp. 2. Ce. Philippensis. Cuvier. 

 Ce. cyaneu-niger nitens, alls badiis. 

 Glossy blue-black Coucal with the wings chesnut. 

 Centropus Bubutus. Linn. Trans. {Hor.tf.) v. xiii. p. 180. — 

 Bubut Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hisi. v. iVi. p. 241. 



Inhabits Java. Length eighteen inches and a 

 half: plumage in general glossy blue-black : with 

 bay-coloured wings. 



Sp. 3. Ce. nigrorufus. Cuvier. 



Ce. niger tectrlcihiis alarum part im rufis partim wgris; remigibus 



late rujis, apicibus nigris. 

 Black Coucal with the wing-coverts partly rufous, partly black ; 



the quills deep rufous with black tips. 

 Le Coucal noirou. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. v. pi. 220. — Dusky 



Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 244. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Beak glossy-black : 

 irides dusky-brown : general colour of the plumage 

 black : wing-coverts part rufous, part black : quills 

 entirely deep rufous, with the ends dusky-black : 

 feathers of the head and neck remarkably stiff, and 

 glossy on their edges : tail about the length of the 

 body, cuneiform, and the wings reach just beyond 

 the coverts : legs short, glossy-black ; the inner hind- 

 claw straight, and in old birds is sometimes two 

 inches in length. The female is one-fourth less than 

 the male : the black inclines to brown on all the 

 fore parts ; and the spur at the inner heel half an 

 inch shorter. 



Sp. 4. Ce. Tolu. 



Polophilus Tolu. Steph. v. ix. p. .52. — Madagascar. 



Sp. 5. Ce. Bengalensis. 



Polophilus Bengalensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 50. — India. 



