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long, the tail as long as the wing, rounded, the outermost feathers about ^/4 the 
length of the longest. The sexes are dissimilar in coloration, the male hlack, 
the female spotted or barred with tawny-brown and hlack. Six species are 
recognised in the Catalogue of Birds , they range from the Himalayas to 
Australia. 
These Cuckoos are probably all parasitical; the Indian species deposits its 
eggs in Crows’ nests, and in Borneo Whitehead found that the nest of a Mynah 
was used for this purpose. 
+ * 69. EUDYNAMIS MELANORHYNCHA S. Mtlll. 
Black-billed Koel. 
Eudynamis melanorhyncha (1) S. MlllL, Yerh. Natimrk. Comm. 1839 — 44, 176; (2) Gray, 
Gen. B. 1847, IT, 464; (3) Bp., Consp. Ay. 1850, 101; (4) Cab. & Heine, Mus. 
Hein. 1862, lY, 55; (5) Finscli, Hew Guinea 1865, 159 (Celebes tantum); (6) 
Blytb, Ibis 1866, 364; (7) Wald., Ibis 1869, 344; (8) Gray, HL. 1870, II, 221; 
(9) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YIH, 53, 112; (10) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, 
650; (^iij Brugg., Abb. Yer. Bremen 1876, Y, 59, 406; (12) Lenz, J. f. 0. 1877, 
371 ; (13) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 69, 146; (14) id., Isis 1884, 18; (15) Guillem., P. Z. S. 
1885, 550; (16) W. Bias., Ztschr. ges. Orn. 1886, 96; (17) id., Ornis 1888, 566; 
(18) Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 82; (19) Heine & Bcbw., Homencl. Mus. Hein. 
1890, 200; (20) Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 1891, 327; (21) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 6; (22) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 8; Hartert. Nov. Zool. 
1897, 164; (XXIV) Meyer, Abb. v. Yogelskel. 1897, pi. CCXXYHI. 
a. ? Eudynamis fascialis (1) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 339; (2) Blytli, Ibis 1866, 364; (3) 
Wald., Ibis 1869, 345; (4) Gray, HL. 1869, II, 221. 
h. Cuculus melanorhynchus (1) Schl., Mus. P.-B. Cuculi 1864, 20. 
“Kao”, Minahassa, Malays (M. 13). 
“Kororeke” or “Kembaluwan”, Minahassa, inland names (M. 13). 
“Kuku buri”; hepatic phase, and 
“Konil”, mature plumage (Guillem. 15). 
“Koukou werreng”, inland near Manado, or 
“Kouo itam”, Nat. Coll. Mus. Dresd. 
“Kuow maitem”, Tonkean, E. Celebes, iid. 
“Totaal mapok”, Peling, iid. 
Descriptions. S. Muller 7; Cabanis & Heine 4; Walden 7, 9] Salvadori id; Brligge- 
mann ii; Guill emard -75; Blasiusid; Shelley 20. 
A. ') Adult male. All over glossy blue-black. Bill black; feet black; iris bright red 
(N. Celebes, C 3583, and others). 
B. Male nearly adult. Above like the adult, but with some old dull feathers of blackish 
brown in tail, together with new ones of hlue-black; under surface from chest down- 
wards very dark olive with slight greenish reflexions (N. Celebes C 3584). 
C. Younger male. Above like the adult, but all the quills dusky, except the innermost ones. 
which are blue-black; under surface from chest downwards wood- brown (or pale 
1) The letters A, a, etc. are xised to indicate individuals of opposite sexes of corresponding age, A being 
the fully adult male, a the fully adult female, 7? and h the next stage of the two sexes, and so on. 
