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Sp. 2. Ce. Philippensis. Cuvier. 

 Ce. cytineu-niger nitens, alis badiis. 

 Glossy blue-black Coucal with the wings chesnut. 

 Centropus Bubutus. Linn. Trans. (Horsf,) v. xiii. p. 180. — 

 Bubut Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hisi. v. iii, p. 24). 



Inhabits Java. Length eighteen inches and a 

 half: plumage in general glossy blue-black : with 

 bay-coloured wings. 



Sp. 3. Ce. nigrorufus. Cuvier. 



Ce. niger tectricihus alarum part im rufis partim 7vgris; remigibus 



late riifis^ aplcibus nigris. 

 Black Coucal with the wing-coverts partly rufous, partly black ; 



the quills deep rufous with black tips. 

 Le Coucal noirou. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. v. pi. 220.—Dusky 



Coucal. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 244. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Beak glossy-black: 

 irides dusky-brown : general colour of the plumage 

 black : wing-coverts part rufous, part black : quills 

 entirely deep rufous, with the ends dusky-black: 

 feathers of the head and neck remarkably stiff, and 

 glossy on their edges : tail about the length of the 

 body, cuneiform, and the wings reach just beyond 

 the coverts : legs short, glossy-black ; the inner hind- 

 claw straight, and in old birds is sometimes two 

 inches in length. The female is one-fourth less than 

 the male : the black inclines to brown on all the 

 fore parts ; and the spur at the inner heel half an 

 inch shorter. 



Sp. 4. Ce. Tolu. 



Polophilus Tolu. Steph. v. ix. p. .52. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 5. Ce. Bengalensis. 



Polophilus Bengalensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 50.— India. 



