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h. Cuculus striatus “Drapiez”') (1) SchL, Mus. P.-B. Ouculi 1864, 7, ? partiui; (2) Swinli., 
P. Z. S,. 1871, 395?; (3) Hume, Str. F. 1874, 190; (4) Oates, B. Br. Bimnali 
1883, H, 105 ; (5) id., B)is 1889, 355—359; (3) Everett, J. Str. Br. E. A. 8. 1888, 170. 
c. Cuculus Mmalayanus auct. (nec Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, 172 — fide Blanford 7, 2). 
d. Cuculus monosyllabicus (1) Swinli., Ibis 1865, 545. 
e. ? Cuculus peninsulae (1) Stejn., Bull. U. S. Hat. Mus. Hr. 29, 1885, 227. 
Cuculus saturatus Hodgson, (1) Blanf., P. Z. S. 1893, 315 — 319; (2) id.. Faun. Br. Ind. 
B. in, 1895, 207. 
Descriptions, Oates h 5\ Blanf. 2. 
Adult. When similar to C. caiiarus, except that the upper parts are much darker, pure 
blackish ashy, the lower parts are generally pale buff Avith the black bands broader 
and more regidar, and the edge of the wing jiui'e white. The size is always smaller, 
and the bill a little stronger. The young pass through tAvo stages, in neither of 
AA'hich is there a white nuchal spot” (Blanford). 
Changing plumage. In the first plumage the back is blackish with Avliite margins, hi the 
second blackish, ban’cd Avdth dark rufous (Oates & Blanf). We have tAim s]iecimens 
from Talaut in such a “fii-st” plumage, which are evidently passing directly into the 
adult dress, the grey feathers of that plumage being intermixed Avith the others on 
the head, neck, and throat. We have described these as second-year birds in the 
fomier article. 
In them rufous stage Mr. Oates distinguishes C. canorm as being pale rufous ; 
C. saturatus dai'k rufous, Avith coarse bars; C. foliocephalus chestnut, delicately baiTed. 
Distribution. East Siberia from the Yenesei ? (Seebohm a 1) to Kamtschatka ? (Stejneger 
e 1); Cluna (Swinh. b 2); Setchuan (Oust, a 6'); ? Japan (Seebohm al) \ LuUa (Oates 
h 4, Blanf. 2); Pegu and Tenasserim (Oates h 4]\ Andamans and Hicobars (Davison 
h 3, E. G. W. Eamsay a 3, Oates a 2); ? Sumatra (Shelley o 3); ? Java (Shelley 
a 3, Schl. b 1)\ Borneo (Everett h 6, Schl. b 7); ? Pliihppines (Shelley a 3); ? Pelew 
Islands (Hartl. & Finsch a 4)-, ? Celebes — Manado (Shelley a 3) — Macassar 
(Wall, a 3, Weber a 5); ? Batchian, Morty, Flores, Timor, Hew Guinea, H. Australia 
(Shelley a 3). 
We include this form of Cuckoo doubtfully in the Celebes avifauna on 
the authority of Capt. Shelley, and Mr.^Btlttikof er; Shelley notes 3 spe- 
cimens in the British Museum from Manado and one from Macassar, as well 
as one specimen of the Common Cuckoo, C. canorus, also from Manado. These four 
Manado sj)ecimens are from the Tweeddale Collection, presumably the identical 
four from Meyer mentioned by Lord Walden (Tr. Z. S. 1872, VIII, 115), who 
remarks that “without the example in full plumage it would have been difficult 
to say whether the other three did not belong to C. canoraides Muller”. 
Shelley noAV finds them identical Avith the form he terms “C. intermedius”, and 
a specimen obtained by Prof. Weber at Macassar is likewise found to be 
“C. intermedius” by Buttikofer, though what “C. intermedius” is we confess we 
do not know. It seems to he composed of C. saturatus and of two races of 
C. canorus. NotAvithstanding its near affinity to C. canorus, numerous observers 
■ — Swinhoe, Seebohm, Marshall, Tytler, Kittlitz, David — agree in 
* Not of Drapiez, according to Seebohm (a 1) and Blanford ;. 
