COUCAL. 241 



3— KINDRED COUCAL. 



Centropus affinis, Lin. Trans, xiii p. 180. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH fourteen inches and a half. Plumage black, wings 

 ferruginous, hind claw bent ; the scapular feathers are soot-coloured, 

 with white shafts ; the outer tail feathers with a white band at the 

 ends. 



Inhabits Java, called there, Bubut-allang-allang. 



4 — BUBUT COUCAL. 



Centropus Bubutus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 180. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH eighteen inches and a half. This has a glossy blue- 

 black plumage, with bay-coloured wings. 



Inhabits Java, generally called by the name of Bubut. 



5— LEPID COUCAL. 



Centropus lepidus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 180. — Horsfield. 



LENGTH twelve inches. The crown, neck, scapulars, and 

 second quills fuliginous, the shafts margined longitudinally on each 

 side with white ; wing coverts bay or brown, with white shafts ; greater 

 quills bay, with brownish tips; chin, throat, breast, and belly white; 

 rump, tail coverts, and tail fasciated black and ferruginous ; at the end 

 of the last a whitish band. 



Inhabits Java. 



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