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RED-HEADED MALKOHA. 

 (Phsenicophseus pyrrhocephalus.) 



P. cauda cuneiformi longissima, corpore nigro ; pectore abdomi- 



neque albis, pileo, genisque coccineis. 

 Malkoha with a very long wedge-shaped tail, black body, breast 



and abdomen white, top of the head and cheeks crimson. 

 Cuculus pyrrhocephalus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 417. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 222. 47. 

 Red-headed Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 544. 44. 



The red-headed Malkoha is sixteen inches long : 

 beak of a greenish yellow, strong and arched : 

 crown and part of the cheeks bright crimson, sur- 

 rounded by a band of white : hind part of the 

 head and neck black, marked with small white 

 spots : fore part of the neck entirely black : back 

 and wings black : tail very long, unequal, the 

 lower part black; ends white: breast and belly 

 white : legs pale blue. 



This species lives on fruits, and is found at Cey- 

 lon, where it is called Malkoha. 



