114 CUCULID^. 



Cuculus saturatus, Hodgs. 



Cuculus striatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340. 



Cuculua indicus, Tacz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 05, taf. i. figs. 7 & 8. 



Cuculus intermedius, Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



p. S81 (1890) ; Shdley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 252 (1891). 

 Cuculus saturatus, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 207 (1895) ; 



Sharpe, HandA. ii. p. 158 (1900). 



An egg of the Asiatic Cuckoo in the Collection taken by Swinhoe 

 from a nest of Pycnonotus sinensis is now imperfect, but appears to 

 correspond well with Mr. Hume's description of an egg of this 

 species. It is of a pinkish-white colour, thickly freckled with 

 purplish grey. It measures "67 in breadth. 



1. Amoy (B. Swinhoe : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Cuculus poliocephalus, Lath. 

 (Plate II. fig. 3.) 



Cuculus poliocephalus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 231 (1878) ; Oates ed. 



Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, li. p. 382 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xix. p. 255 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. 



p. 208 (1895) ; Osmaston, Jown. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xi. p. 472 



(1808); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. i\. 



p. 158 (1900). 

 Cuculus poliocephalus, var. rochii, Milne-Edwards 8( Grandidier, Hist. 



Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 176 (1879). 

 Cuculus rochii, Cowan, I^-op. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinb. pp. 142, 149 (1882). 



The eggs of the Gre3'-headed Cuckoo taken in Madagascar by 

 Mr. Cowan are of a regular oval shape, smooth and very glossy. 

 They are white, spotted and speckled with umber-brown, more 

 thickly at the large end than elsewhere, and with a few underlying 

 pale purplish markings. They measure respectively : '75 by "55 ; 

 •7 by -48 ; -72 by -56 ; -75 by -54. 



Some eggs of this species from the Crowley Collection are very 

 similar, but the markings are more numerous, and form a well- 

 defined zone round the broad end. 



An egg taken by Mr. Osmaston and attributed to this species is 

 described as being chocolate-colour. It was probably the egg of 

 Chalcdcoccyx maculatus. 



An egg . taken by Mr. Brooks, and believed to belong to this 

 species, is described as being pure white and glossy. 



4. Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



2. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Tamala Country, Madagascar Crowley Bequest. 



(W. Deans Cowan). 



Cuctilus pallidus {Lath.). 



Cacomantis pallidus, Oould, HanM. Birds Austr. i. p. 615 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests ISi' Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 243 (1889). 



