64 CUCULID^E. 
SCANSORES. 
PHCENICOPHAINiE. 
ventre crissoque fuscescentibus ; rectricibus elongatis 
splendide chalybeo - virescentibus , subtus in cyaneum 
aliquantum vergentibus, apice dilute albis ; rostro bre- 
viore robustiore; pedibus corneis. — 
Long. tot. 19" 6"', al. 5" 3"', caud. 12" 6"', rostr. 
culm. 1", tars. 1" 3"', dig. med. exc. ung. 10'". — 
Java — cf ad. 1 St. 
52. — s. R. tristis Nob. 
Melias tristis Less. Trait. Orn. p. 132. 4. — Id. 
Belang. Yoy. Ind. Orient. Z. p. 231. t. 1. — Phoeni- 
cophaeus lonyicaudatus Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
1841. p. 923. Id. 1. L 1842 p. 1095. 25. — Id. 
1. 1. 1843. p. 177 . — „Phoenicophaeus monticolus Hodgs.“ 
Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1842. p. 1095. — Phoeni- 
cophaeus tristis Blyth Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1843. p. 
246. — Phaenicophaus montanus Hodgs. Z. Mise. p. 
85. — Zanclostomus tristis Blyth Journ. As. Beng. 
1845. p. 200. — Gray Gen. B. II. p. 460. 5. — Blyth 
Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 76. 374. — Horsf. 
& Moore Cat. B. Mus. E. -Ind. -Comp. II. p. 691. 
1011. — Phaenicophaus tristis Gray Cat. Mamm. & B. 
Hodgs. Coli. Nep. & Thib. p. 118. — Melias tristis 
Bp. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 5. gen. 16. 57. — Cuculus 
madagascariensis Licht, (nec Gm.) in Mus. Berol. - 
Supra pallide aeneo-virescens, capite sordide olivaceo- 
cinerascente; subtus sordide olivascente-cineraceus, 
gula pallidiore fusco-strigilata, ventre crissoque fu- 
scescentibus; rectricibus longissimis aeneo-virescenti- 
bus, apice albis ; rostro longiore minus robusto flavido ; 
pedibus corneis. 
Long. tot. 22", al. 6" 9"', caud. 14", rostr. culm. 1" 
2"', tars. 1" 6"', dig. med. exc. ung. 1". 
Nepal — ad. — 1 St. 
Gen. ZANCLOSTOMUS Sws. 1837. — Sichelkuckuk. 
Leptourus Sws. 1837. Piaya (!) Müll. 1842 (nec 
Less. 1831). Melias Bp. 1854 (nee Glog. 1827). 
Z. javanicus Sws. 
Phoenicophaus javanicus Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. 
XIII. p. 178. 1. Id. Z. Res. Jav. t. 57. — Steph. 
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