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2. EuDYNAMYS ORiENTALis {Lmnueus). 



Cwcnlus orientdiis, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 168 (1766). 

 Cuciilus scolopaceus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 170. 

 Cuculus mimlanensi's, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 109. 



Biiffon, PI. Enl. 274, figs. 1, 277, 586 ; Edwards, Birds, II, Plate 

 LIX. 



Specimens of this well-known Asiatic species are in the collection 

 of the Expedition, from the Sooloo Islands. 



With reference to this bird, Mr. Peale observes : 



" A fine male of this species was killed in the month of February, 

 near Soung, the capital of the Sooloo Islands. The plumage was very 

 glossy, the iris bright red, and the bill and legs green, all of which is 

 lost in the prepared skins. At the Island of Mangsi, we again saw it, 

 during a heavy storm of rain and wind, when it uttered a loud and 

 clear whistle, whenever disturbed by the firing of guns or the falling 

 of trees. 



"A female, obtained at the same time and place, differs materially 

 from Latham's description, being of a dark sepia-brown color above, 

 beautifully spotted with rufous, with chestnut-colored lines on the 

 head. Beneath, it is tawny, brightest on the breast, where it is line- 

 ated with black, the belly crossed with black bars; irides bright crim- 

 son ; bill and legs blue-green." 



4. Genus CENTKOPUS, Illlger, Prodromus, p. 205 (1811). 



1. CENTROPtJS MELANOPS, Lesson. 



Cenfropus melanops, Lesson, Traite I, p. 137 (1831); Puciieran, Rev. et 3Iag. de 

 Zool. 1852, p. 473. 



Ccntropus nigrifrons, Peale, Zool. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 137 (1st ed. 1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate XXII, fig. 1. Adult. 



Form. — Typical ; bill somewhat curved and compressed ; wing rather 

 short, rounded ; first quill short, subspurious, fifth longest ; tail long, 



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