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Birds of Celebes; CucuMae. 
11. Jan. 1888, Nr. 9, p. 8G; id., Russ’ Isis 1888, 78; fSJ Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 
1891, 321 (Sangi). 
t Eudynamis mindanensis rar. sanghirensis flj W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 566—569. 
1. Eudynamis mindanensis sanghirensis (1) M. k, Wg., J. f. 0. 1894, 241, (2) iid., Abh. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Nr. 9, p. 3. 
“Buago” (^, “Liaga” $ or “Paparapa”, Talaut, Nat. Coll, in Mus. Dresd. 
“Kuwao maitung” [cf], “Kuwao” (O] Tagulandang, iid. 
Descriptions. Briiggemann el] Meyer hi] AV. Blasius hi. 
Adult male. Bill broader and stronger, the ridge of the cubnen considerably more rounded; 
the plumage with gi'eencr reflexions tliaii in the typical E. mindanensis (AV. Blasius hi). 
AVitliout Philippine specimens for comparison we (xuote Blasius’ diagnosis. 
Measurements. 
a. (C 1852) [cf ad.] Siao . . . 
b. (C 1853) [Q ad.] Siao . . 
c. (C 1851) [g] Grt. Sangi . . 
d. (0 1856) [g juv.] Gt. Sangi 
j Wing- 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Culiiien 
from cere 
200 
192 
35 
33 
201 
190 
30 
30.5 
199 
185 
33 
34 
183 
180 
31.5 
30.5 
Further adults (4 o’, 4 g ?) measure: wing 189—202; tail 186—196; bill from 
nostril 18.5 — 20.5 mm. The birds were shot early in November (Kabruang) or at 
the end of October (Salibabu), and several are in moult. 
AVe 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 [g]” 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, Moyer h 1, Platen h 1), 
Siao (Meyer hi), Tagulandang and Ruang (Nat. Coll); Kabruang, Salibabu and Kar- 
kellang (Nat. Coll. I / in Dresd. and Tring Mus.). 
'Ihe bill of this species would appear to get paler with age, that of 
E. melanorhjncha 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 Sangi). 
Attention has been drawn to Mr. AVhitehead’s remarks (antea p. 209) 
upon the species in Palawan, where it lays its eggs in the nest of the Yellow- 
mottled Alynah (Graada 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, Avhich are 
spinous and thickened. The nostril is a linear slit covered by a sort of oper- 
