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CUCULiDJE, 



CoccYZus (pars). Teinminck. 



Sp. 1. Sa. vetula. 



Cuculus vetula. Steph. v. ix. p. 122. — Cuculus pluvialis. Sieph. 

 V. ix. 124. — Georgia. 



GENUS CCLVn.— PHiENICOPHAUS, Vieillot. 

 MALKOHA. 



Rostrum CEiipite longiiis, vald^ 

 robustum, basi crassum et 

 vibrissis divergentibus 

 ornatum, rotundatum, 

 laeve, arcuatum, apice at- 

 tenuate. 



Orhitcs nudae, papillatae. 



Beak longer than the head, 

 very robust, the base thick 

 and furnished with diver- 

 gent bristles, rounded, 

 smooth, arcuated, its tip 

 attenuated. 



Orbits naked, papillated. 



Sp. 1. Ph. pyrrhocephalus. Stepli. u. ix. p. 59. — Ceylon. 



Sp. 2. Ph. leucogaster. iSteph. v. ix. p. 60. — India. 



Sp. 3. Ph. tricolor. Steph. v. ix.p. 61. pL 14.— India. 



Sp. 4. Ph. raelanognathus. Lhui. Trans. (Horsf.) v.xiii.p. 178. 



Vh. supra viridi-cBneo iiitens, suhtus caiiddque margine lato spa- 



diceis, maxilla Jlavicante mandibula pernigra. 

 Malkoha above shining brassy-green ; beneath, and the broad 



margin of the tail, chesnut ; the upper mandible yellowish j 



the lower deep black. 

 Sintok Malkoha, Lath. Ge?i. Hist. v. Hi. p. 254. 



Inhabits Java» Length of the body seven inches, 

 of the tail eleven : nostrils elongate, situated at the 

 base of a groove, which extends nearly to the middle 

 of the beak : colour of the plumage above glossy 

 green-gold ; beneath, and a broad space of the tail, 

 chesnut : upper mandible yellowish, lower deep black. 



Sp. 5, Ph. Javanicus, Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 178. 



