CUCULIDiE. 



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Cu. violaceus, axillis, ventre, rectricidusque eMernis albojasciatisi 

 rostroflavo. 



Violet Cuckoo with the axillae, belly, and outer tail-feathers 

 striped with white ; the beak yellow. 



Inhabits Java, but rarely. Length six inches. 



C. Rostro basi depre^so^ 



C. With the beak depressed at the base. 



Sp. 20. Cu. maculatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 102.— -Cu. punctatus. 



Steph. V. ix. p. 105. — Cu. scolopaceus. Steph. v. ix. p. 95.— 



The East Indies. 

 Sp. 21. Cu. honoratus. Steph. v. ix. p. 104. pi. 2 1 .—Malabar. 

 Sp. 22. Cu. Taitensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 92. — The Society Islands. 

 Sp. 23. Cu. orientalis. Steph. v. ix. p. 87 male. — Cu. Minda- 



nensis. Steph. v. ix. p, 103, pi. 20 ; female. — The Philippine 



Islands. 



Sp. 24. Cu. lugubris. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii. 179. 



Cu. ater nitore viridi; remigibus eMerioribus pogonio interno 

 albo notatis; rectricibus duabus extern'is crissoque albo fasciatis ; 

 tibiis postice alb is. 



Dark Cuckoo glossed with green ; with the outer quills spotted 

 with white on the inner web ; the two outer tail-feathers and 

 vent striped with white ; the tibiae white behind. 



Inhabits Java. Length ten inches and a half : 

 called Awon-awon by the Javanese. 



N. B. The species of this section appertain to the 

 genus Dynamene ? of Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield, 

 of which Cu. maculatus is the type. 



