CUCULUS XANTHORHYNCHUS. 
Ord. Ill™ Les Grimpeurs, Ctivier. 
Ord. V™ Zygodactyles, TemmhicJt. 
Ord, II, Pioe, Linn. Syst. Sect II. Pedibus scansoriis. 
Ord, L Scansores, Ittiger. Fam 3. Ampbiboli. 
CUCULUS, 5nk Lath Temm. Ittiger > $c. 
Char. gen. — Rostrum mediocre, compressum, modice curvatum. Tomia integer- 
rim a. Rictus ampins. Nares prope rostri basin sita?, membrana nuda obtcctae, 
aut margin atae, apertura ovali. Ala mediocres, remigum tertia longissima. 
Cauda gradata, elongata, rectricibns decern ant dnodecim. Pedes scansorii, 
congrui. Tarsi basi plumis tecti. Digiti externi internis longiores, antici basi 
leviter connexi, posticorum externus versatilis. Acropodia scutulata. Ungues 
omnes incurvi. 
Cuculus violaceus, axillis ventre cruribus rectricibusque extcniis albo fasciatis, rostro 
flavo. 
Cuculus xanthorhynchus, Horsf Syst Arrangement of Biwte from Java, Linn, 
Tram. Vol XIII. p. 179. 
THE yellow- billed Cuckoo of Java, comparatively witb other species of this 
Genus, has a broad bill, a highly arched covering to the nares, and a greatly elon- 
gated exterior hind toe. The wings are also proportionally long and slender : in its 
other characters it agrees witb the rest of the Genus. Among the Javan species it 
most nearly resembles the Cuculus flavus ; it has a similar form and general distribu- 
tion of colour, but it is very rarely met with, and never allows itself to be approached, 
I have procured two individuals only, which agree in size and characters : I have 
not had an opportunity of observing it in a state of liberty. 
