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Birds of Celebes: Cuculidae. 
11. Jan. 1888, Nr. 9, p. 86; id., Euss’ Isis 1888, 78; (3) Shelley, Oat. B. XIX, 
1891, 321 (Sangi). 
k. Eudynamis mindanensis var. sanghirensis (1) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 566 — 569. 
l. Eudynamis mindanensis sanghirensis (1) M. &Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 241; (2) iicl, Abh. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Nr. 9, p. 3. 
“Buago” (f, “Liaga” § or “Paparapa”, Talaut, Nat. Coll in Mus. Dresd. 
“Kuwao maitung” [(Jf], “Kuwao” [2] Tagulandang, iid. 
Descriptions. Briiggemann el; Meyer hi; W. Blasius It 1. 
Adult male. Bill broader and stronger, the ridge of the cubnen considerably more rounded; 
the plumage with greener reflexions than in the typical E. mindanensis (W. Blasius kl). 
Without Philippine specimens for comparison we quote Blasius’ diagnosis. 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Oulmen 
from cere 
a. (C 1852) [(y^ ad.] Siao 
h. (C 1853) [Q ad.] Siao 
c. (C 1851) [C] Gt. Sangi 
d. (C 1856) [§ juv.] Gt. Sangi 
Further adults (4 (J^, 4 C ?) measure: wing 189 — 20 
200 
201 
199 
183 
2; tail 
192 
190 
185 
180 
186- 
35 
30 
33 
31.5 
-196; 
33 
30.5 
34 . 
30.5 
bill from 
nostril 18.5 — 20.5 mm. The birds were shot early in November (Kahmang) or at 
the end of October (Salihabu), and several are in moult. 
We have since received many more specimens from Talaut and Tagulandang. 
Observation. The specimen d from Sangi and two others from Talaut are in the same phase 
of plumage as that described as “c [Qj” in our article on the foregoing species; 
namely they were losing old worn feathers of uniform dusky brown or black in the wings 
and tail, while new feathers barred with black and light rufous brown were in a. 
growing condition when the birds were killed. 
Distribution. Sangi and Talaut Islands — Great Sangi (Fischer f 1, Meyer /^ i. Platen k 1), 
Siao (Meyer hi), Tagulandang and Euang (Nat. Coll.); Kabruang, Salibabu and Kar- 
kellang (Nat. Coll. 11 in Dresd. and Tring Mus.). 
The bill of this species would appear to get paler with age, that of 
E. melanorhyncha blacker. 
This form has never been found in Celebes; Briiggemann’s specimens — 
3 of which were at first supposed by him to have come from Manado ■ — were 
obtained, as Fischer afterwards pointed out, in Sangi (presumably Great Sangij. 
Attention has been drawn to Mr. Whitehead’s remarks (antea p. 209) 
upon the species in Palawan, where it lays its eggs in the nest of the Yellow- 
mottled Mynah (Gracula javanensis), and where it is believed by him to migrate 
to Borneo and other islands during the N. E. monsoon. 
SUBFAMILY CENTEOPODINAE. 
These Cuckoos, or Coucals, vary from medium to large size and are 
recognisable by the long, nearly straight, hind claw, resembling that of a Lark, 
and by the shafts of contour-feathers of the head, mantle and breast, which are 
spinous and thickened. The nostril is a linear slit covered by a sort of oper- 
