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Latham, with which he also identifies HorsfielcTs pravata — 

 but I possess a specimen from Malacca very distinct from our 

 peninsular bird, which is probably that species. As this is a 

 rare bird, and only found in the West Coast, I think it not 

 improbable that it may prove distinct from the species taken 

 by Sonnerat, and in that case I would suggest the name of 

 Quculus venustus. ' 



* No. 223 bis. — Cuculus poliocephalus , Lath. C. himalay- 

 anus, Vigors. 



I obtained a single example of this Cuckoo in the cold 

 weather, near Nellore. 



No. 224 Cuc.Jlavus. — The synonyms I adopted with doubt 

 do not apply to this bird, and the Malayan specimens referred 

 to this bird (of which however C. merulinus Scopoli, is a prior 

 name) being usually smaller, and in rather different plumage; 

 the name at present adopted for this Cuckoo is that of C. 

 tenuirostris, applied to the young bird in Gray and Hardwicke. 

 t *No. 225 bis. — Cuculus ( Chrysococcyz) lucidus. — On ob- 

 taining access to Brown's Illustrations of Zoology,and carefully 

 examining his birds, I at once recognised his figure of Trogon 

 maculatus as an immature bird of this species. It was stated 

 to have been found in Ceylon, and if so, is very probably a 

 rare inhabitant of the forests of the "West Coast. It has been 

 procured by Mr. Blyth from central India. 



No. 228 — Eudynamys orientalis. — I think it probable that 

 the Cuculus honor atus of authors figured in PI. Enl. pi. 294, 

 is merely 'the young of this bird. 



* No. 229 bis. — Zanclostomus tristis, (Lesson) longicaudatus } 

 Blyth. — This Cuckoo has been obtained from the jungles of 

 Goomsoor. 



No. 230- -Zanclostomus sirkee, — Mr. Blyth has recently 

 procured two additional closely allied species to the one 

 found in Southern India, one of which from central India, he 

 considers to be the true sirkee, and mine he concludes to be 



