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CuculidcB. Of the series of this family grading from Dasylophus 

 to Taccocua of Lesson, the Indian and Malayan species may be thus 

 classified. Rhinortha belongs to the particular group, but ranges 

 apart from the graduated succession observable in the rest : and of this 

 genus, I have to remark that the supposed two species which have 

 been hitherto currently admitted, are one and the same ; Rh. lucida, 

 Vigors, v. Anadccnus rufescens, Swainson, v. Phcenicophans viridiros- 

 tris, Eyton, referring to the young, and Cuculus chlorophceus, Raffles, 

 v. An. rufus, Swainson, to the adult ; the latter being also described, 

 and the former figured as Bubutus Isidoria by M. Lesson in the zoology 

 of M. Belanger's Voyage. It will now rank as Rh. chlorophcea, 

 (Raffles) ; and I have suggested that perhaps a second species exists in 

 the Cuculus melanogostir of Vieillot, vide /. A. S. XL, 924. 



Dasylophus, Sw. Species, D. Cumingi, (Fraser,) and D. super ci- 

 liosus, (Cuv.,) vide J A. S. XI, 925. 



Phcenicophaus, Vieillot A. With the nareal apertures narrow, and 



placed near the edge of the bill. (Cuv.) 1, Ph. pyrrhocephalus, 

 (Forst.,) vide J. A. S. XI, 924 : (this species has the papillose naked 

 red skin on the sides of the face very greatly developed ; its alleged 

 Cingalese habitat needs verification, especially as it is likewise stated to 

 inhabit Africa.) B. " Nostrils elongate, and situate at the base of a 

 groove which extends nearly to the middle of the beak." (Horsfield.) 

 2, Ph. melanognathus, Horsfield. C. Nostrils elongate, basal, and 

 oblique ; but no groove to the bill. 3, Ph. sumatranus, Raffles, 



D. Nostrils basal, with rounded aperture. 4, Ph. viridis, Lev. (€u(mlus 

 melanognathus apud Raffles, &c): 5, Ph. Diardi, (Lesson"; Ph. 

 tristis apudos, J. A. S. XI, 928, and probably Ph. Crawfurdii, Gray). 



E. lncertai sedis. 6. Ph. (fj calorhynchus, Tem., erroneously stated 

 to be identical with Zanclostomus javanicus. Three of the above 

 are in the Society's museum, viz. Ph. viridis. Ph. sumatranus, and 

 Ph. Diardi; these being all common in the vicinity of the Straits. 

 The first has a more tumid bill, and the second a proportionally 



mens (of 7 species) are foreign to India and the Malay countries. Of other Picidee 

 (consisting of the genera Yunx, Picumnus, Microcolaptes, and Indicator, the Bucco 

 group heing excluded), we have 10 mounted specimens, of 7 species. Every de- 

 scribed (or at least every authenticated) Indian species of Woodpecker is now in the 

 collection : but there are several vet wanting from the eastern islands. July 6, 1845. 



