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*267. Baza lewphotes (Dumont), Dict. Sci. Nat. India (sub- 
(Levrault) xvii., July 1820, p. 217. [Pon- Himalayan dist. 
dicherry. | to S. India and 
Crested Cuckoo-Falcon. Ceylon) ; 
Assam, Burma, 
Wing ad. 240-250, tail 145 mm. ; crest long; Tenasserim ; 
above glossy greenish black, browner on N. Malay Pen. ; 
sides of head and throat; secondaries Siam, Indo- 
white, except at edges and tips, chestnut China. 
subterminally [except in very old birds] ; 
chest white, followed by a band of black 
across upper breast, more or less mixed 
with chestnut ; lower breast and flanks 
creamy white, banded with chestnut ; vent, 
thighs, and under wing- and tail-coverts 
greenish black. Immature: much more 
chestnut in secondaries and less barred 
below. 
Gen. LXXXV. AVICEDA Swains. (Oct. 1836). 
Type by monotypy A. cuculoides Swains. 
Occipital crest rudimentary or slight ; lores less 
compactly feathered; primaries considerably 
longer than secondaries. Size moderate. 
268. <Aviceda madagascariensis (Smith), S. Afr. Madagascar 
Q. Jnl., 11., p. 285 (1834). [Madagascar.] 
Madagascar Cuckoo-Falcon. 
Wing ¢ 315, tail 203 mm.; 2 wing 329, 
tail 228 mm. ; general colour brown, darker 
on mantle, most of the feathers with paler 
margins, those of head with rufous margins 
and white bases ; crest dark brown ; pri- 
maries ashy brown, banded with darker 
brown ; tail ashy grey with 3 bands of dark 
brown; throat with median and mous- 
2 I am unable to recognise B. leuphotes burmana W. Sclat. (Bull. B.O.C., xli., 
P 32, 1920) as it is founded on a fully adult bird, while the supposed differences of 
the Indian birds are those of immaturity only. 
