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g-raduated, the outermost feathers rather more than 72 its length, the uj^per tail- 
coverts very long, nearly V 2 the length of the tail. Shelley recognises 6 species 
and 2 subspecies, inhabiting Southern Europe, Africa and tropical Asia as far 
as Celebes and the Philij)pines. At least two of the species are known to he 
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 Phoenicophainae” . 
67. COCCYSTES COROMANDUS (L.). 
Eed-winged Crested Cuckoo. 
a. Le Coucou hupe de Coromandel (I) Briss., Orn. 1760, IV, 147, pi. XIa, f. 1. 
b. Cuculus coromandus flj Linn., S. X. 1766, I, 17J. 
c. Le Coucou a collier blanc fl) LevailL, Ois. d’Afr. 1806, V, 213. 
d. Oxylophus coromandus (1) Jerd., Madr. Jrn. 1840, XT, 272. 
Coccystes coromandus (1) Horst & Moore, Cat, B. Mus. E. I. Co. 1854, 693; Bulger 
Ibis 1869, 159; (3) Swinli., P. Z. S. 1871, 394; (4) Salyad., Oat. TJcc. Borneo 
1874, 67; (5) Hume, Str. P. 1875, III, 82; (6) Briigg., Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, 
V, 465, 531; (7) David & Oust, Ois. Chine 1877, 61; (8) Hume & Davison, 
Str. P. 1878, VI, 162; (9) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 916; (10) Scully, Str. P. 1879, 
VIII, 257; (11) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 249; (IP'^) Vidal, Str-. P. 1880, TX, 55; 
Butler, t. c. 389; (12) Muller, J. f. O. 1882, 406; (13) W. Bias., J. t O. 1883, 
122, 155; (14) Oates, B. Brit Bunnah 1883, II, 117; (14’‘^^) Davison, Str. P. X, 
1883, 360; (15) Biittik., Xotes Leyd. Mus. 1886, IX, 29; (16) Norman, Ibis 
1888, 400; (17) Hartert, J. t O. 1889, 370; (18) Everett, J. Str. Br. K. A. S. 
1889, 173; (19) Sharpe, Ibis 1890, 12, 282; Hagen, T. Ned. Aard. G-enoots! 
1890 (2) VII, 137; (20) Shelley, Cat B. XTX, 1891, 214; (21) Oates, Hume’s 
Nests and Eggs Ind. B. 1891, II, 391; (22) Styan, Ibis 1891, 317, 325, 484; (23) 
Vorderman, Nat Tdschr. Ned. Ind. 1892, LI, 380; (24) Hose, Ibis 1893,' 415; 
(25) Bonrns & Worces., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 35; (26) Blant, Paun. Br. Ind. 
B. 1895, in, 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 Id; 
Legge 77; Oates 74; Shelley 20; Vorderman 25; Blanford 26. 
Adult. Head above, including nape and ear-coverts, brownish black, a long crest blue-black ; 
on hind 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 hgbt hazel, the latter dull browmish 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 bi'ownish grey, 
becoming brownish black glossed with blue and tipped with light brown on the under 
tail-coverts; wing below' cinnamon (Borneo, Nr. 7118). 
‘•Iris brow'n; bill black, at the base somewhat bluish white; orbits grey-blue 
feet lead-blue” (Hart. 77). 
Meyer & Wigles wortli, Birds of Celebes (Oct. 22n<i 1897). 
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