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graduated, the outermost feathers rather more than V 2 its length, the upper tail- 
coverts very long, nearly V 2 lb® length of the tail. Shelley recognises 6 species 
and 2 subspecies, inhabiting Southern Europe, Africa and tropical Asia as far 
as Celebes and the Philippines. At least two of the species are known to be 
parasitic in their breeding-habits. As Mr. Blanford remarks: “It is possible 
that Coccystes may prove, when the anatomy and pterylosis are examined, to 
belong to the Plioenico'p}iama^\ 
P 67. COCCYSTES COROMANDUS (L.). 
Red- winged Crested Cuckoo. 
a. Le Coucou hupe de Coromandel (I) Briss., Orn. 1760, IV, 147, pi. XIa, f. 1. 
b. Cuculus coromandus (1) Linn., S. X. 1766, I, 171. 
c. Le Coucou a collier blanc (I) LevailL, Ois. dAfr. 1806, V, 213. 
d. Oxylophus coromandus (1) Jerd., Madr. Jrn. 1840, XI, 272. 
Coccystes coromandus (1) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mns. E. I. Co. 1854, 693; Bulger, 
Ibis 1869, 159; (3) Swinh, P. Z. S. 1871, 394; (4) Salvad., Cat. Lee. Borneo 
1874, 67; (5) Hume, Str. F. 1875, III, 82; (6)- Brtigg., Abb. Yer. Bremen 1876, 
V, 465, 531; (7) David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 61; (8) Hume & D avison, 
Str. E. 1878, VI, 162; (9) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 946; (10) Senlly, Str. F. 1879, 
VIII, 257; (11) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 249; (IP^^) Vidal, Str. F. 1880, IX, 55; 
Butler, t. e. 389; (12) Milller, J. f. 0. 1882, 406; (13) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 
122, 155; (14) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, II, 117; (14^^^) Davison, Str. E. X, 
1883, 360; (15) Biittik., Xotes Leyd. Mus. 1886, IX, 29; (16) Xorman, Ibis 
1888, 400; (17) Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, 370; (18) Everett, J. Str. Br. E. A. S. 
1889, 173; (19) Sharpe, Ibis 1890, 12, 282; Hagen, T. Xed. Aard. Genoots. 
1890 (2) VII, 137; (20) Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 1891, 214; (21) Oates, Hume’s 
Xests and Eggs Ind. B. 1891, H, 391; (22) Styan, Ibis 1891, 317, 325, 484; (23) 
Vorderman, Nat. Tdselir. Xed. Ind. 1892, LI, 380; (24) Hose, Ibis 1893, 415; 
(25) Bourns & AVorees., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 35; (26) Blanl, Faun. Br. Ind. 
B. 1895, III, 227. 
f. Coccystes coromandus var. fuliginiventer (1) Swinh., Ibis 1867, 227. 
For further synonymy and references see Shelley 20. 
Figures and descriptions. Brisson a I] LevailL c David & Oust. 7; Scully 10\ 
Legge 11\ Oates 14] Shelley 20\ Vorderman 25; Blanford 26. 
Adult. Head above, including nape and ear-coverts, brownish black, a long crest blue-black ; 
on bind neck a white collar; mantle greenish black, passing into glossy bottle- 
green on the scapulars, inner quills and lesser wing-coverts; the other wing- 
coverts and quills light hazel, the latter dull bro^vnish at the ends; rump and 
upper tail-coverts black glossed with blue and green; tail blue-black, the extreme 
tips of the feathers, chiefly on the outer webs, white; chin, throat and sides of 
neck, upper breast, and under wing-coverts cinnamon washed with rufous 
(chestnut-buff or yellowish ferruginous); lower breast and sides white, slightly 
washed with the colour of the throat; thighs, flanks and abdomen brownish grey, 
becoming brownish black glossed with blue and tipped with light brown on the under 
tail-coverts; wing below cinnamon (Borneo, Xr. 7118). 
“Iris brown; bill black, at the base somewhat bluish white; orbits grey-blue, 
feet lead-blue” (Hart. 17). 
Meyer & Wi gle s wo r th, Birds of Celebes (Oct. 22nd 1897). 
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