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CUCULID.E. 



CoccYZUS (pars). Temminck. 



Sp. 1. Sa. vetula. 



Cucnlus vetula. Steph.v.ix. p. 122. — Cuculus pluvialis. Stepft. 

 V. ix. 124. — Georgia. 



GENUS CCLVai.— PHiENICOPHAUS, Vieillot. 

 iMALKOHA. 



Rostrimicw^iie longius, valde 

 robustum, basi crassura et 

 vibrissis divergentibus 

 ornatum, rotundatum, 

 laeve, arcuatum, apice at- 

 tenuate. 

 Orhttcc nudse, papillatae. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 very robust, the base thick 

 and furnished with diver- 

 gent bristles, rounded, 

 smooth, arcuated, its tip 

 attenuated. 



Orbits naked, papillated. 



Sp. 1. Ph. pyrrhoeephalus. Step/i. v.ix.p. 59. — Ceylon. 



Sp. 2. Ph. leucogaster. Steph. v. ix. ;;. 60. — India. 



Sp. 3. Ph. tricolor. Steph. xu is. p. 6l.pl. 14. — India. 



Sp. 4. Ph. nielanognathus. Liun. Trans. (Horsf.) v.xni.p. 178. 



Ph. supra viridi-cEneo nitens, subtus cauddque 7iiargine lato spa- 



diceis, maxilld Jiavicante mandibida pernigrd. 

 Malkoha above shining brassy-green ; beneath, and the broad 



margin of the tail, chesnut ; the upper mandible yellowish ; 



the lower deep black. 

 Sintok Malkoha. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. in. p. 254. 



Inhabits Java. Length of the body seven inches, 

 of the tail eleven : nostrils elongate, situated at the 

 base of a groove, which extends nearly to the middle 

 of the beak : colour of the plumage above glossy 

 green-gold ; beneath, and a broad space of the tail, 

 chesnut : upper mandible yellowish, lower deep black. 



Sp. 5. Ph. Javauicus. Linn. Trans. {Hor.sf.) v. xiii. p. 178. 



