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145. Centropus sinensis, (Steph.) 

 Centropus sinensis, Bonhote, p. 74. 



$ ad. Patani. 22nd June. (No. 205) 



$ ad. et imm. Ban Sai Kau. 20th May and 9th September. (Nos. 115, 385) 



$ imm. Biserat, Jalor. 10th July. (No. 266) 



$ ad. Sungkei, South Perak. 8th and 1 6th February. (Nos. 631, 678) 



The common Coucal or Crow-Pheasant has the iris red and the bill and 

 feet black. 



' Both species of Crow-Pheasant inhabit the brushwood near villages, 

 secondary jungle, and stretches of lalang grass. When disturbed they 

 generally make use of their running powers, but if forced to take to flight resort 

 to the nearest tree, which they ascend by a series of awkward hops from 

 branch to branch.' 



146. Eudynamis horonata, (Linn.) 

 Eudynamis horonata, Bonhote, p. 74. 



$ , $ ad. Nawngchik. 27th and 30th November. (Nos. 487, 488) 



$ ad. Ban Sai Kau. 22nd May. (No. 124) 



$ ad. et juv. Biserat, Jalor. 30th June and 9th August. (No. 334) 



The Indian Koel has the iris red, the bill greenish-horn, and the feet 

 bluish or greenish-lead colour. 



147. Chalcococcyx xanthorynchus, (Horsf.) 

 Chalcococcyx xanthorynchus, Shelley , Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix, p. 289 (1891). 



9 imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. nthMay. (No. 89) 



$ ad. et juv. Biserat, Jalor. 1 8th July. (Nos. 289, 291) 



The Violet Cuckoo has the iris brown, the eyelid vermilion, the bill 

 yellow, vermilion at base, and the feet black. 



148. Chalcococcyx malayanus, (RafH.) 

 Chalcococcyx malayanus, Hartert, p. 545. 



$ ad. Patani. 13th June. (No. 186) 

 The Malayan Bronze Cuckoo has the iris reddish with a whitish line 

 outside the pupil, the eye wattle vermilion, the bill black, and the feet greenish. 



149. Cacomantis merulinus, (Scop.) 

 Cacomantis merulinus, Bonhote, p. 74 ; Hartert, p. 545. 



9 ad. et. imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 6th May and 28th November. (Nos. 67, 483) 

 $juv. Biserat, Jalor. 3rd July. 



