on Dr. Jerdon’s ‘ Birds of India.’ 
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corvina, which is wholly unknown in those parts. M. viridis, 
Schlegel, of Java, is also quite distinct from M. viridis ( vera ) 
of Southern India, and is probably the true M. lineata (Capita 
lineatus, Vieillot), as Prof. Schlegel himself suggests. 
197. XaNTHOL iEMA INDICA. 
To this should be referred Sir R. H. SchomburglPs Megalamia 
philippensis, from Siam (Ibis, 1864, p. 258; vide P. Z. S. 1859, 
p. 151). 
199. Cuculus canorus. C. indicus, Cabanis. 
Mr. Wallace has a specimen from Eastern Timor, which is 
undistinguishable from the common European bird*. 
200. Cuculus striatus, Drapiez f; Gould, B. Austr. iv. 
pi. 84; “ C. lineatus , Lesson,” Pueheran, Rev. Zool. 1853, 
p. 70; C. himalayanus , Vigors ( nec Gould, Cent. Him. B.) ; 
C. canoraides, Muller; C. canorinus , Cabanis; C. saturatus, 
Hodgson; C. optatus, Gould; C. horsfieldi, Moore; and pro¬ 
bably C. libanoticus, Tristram (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 432). Prof. 
Schlegel adds C. leleophonus, Heine, J. f. 0. 1863, p. 352 (from 
Japan), and C. swinhoii , Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. 
* Mr. Swinhoe indicates a race as constituting his “ second series ” of 
Cuculus canorus (?), “ of similar form, with fulvescent under parts, banded 
with much broader bars more widely set, with the axillaries nearly barless. 
One has a somewhat large bill, and two are almost entirely blackish-brown 
in the parts which should be grey.” (One specimen from Tientsin, and 
four from Amoy. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265.) Also, recently, a small species 
jf/ which he designates C. Icelungensis (Ibis, 1865, p. 107). p, } Qf, Lj— 3on 
In page 323 of Dr. Jerdon’s first volume the following words ard^ ' 
printed twice over:—“ its familiar note until it was separated from female.” 
Erase them where they appear first. 
t I follow Prof. Schlegel in adopting the name striatus, Drapiez, for 
this species, although, comparing specimens before me of this and of C. 
micropterus, the latter certainly accord better with the description by M. 
Drapiez :—“ Taille, douze pouces. Parties superieures d’un brun cendre, 
bleuatre; remiges brunes, frangees de blanchatre, les deux premieres 
dentelees de roussatre; rectrices pen etagees [if we except the outermost 
pair, this holds good in C. micropterus, less so in the other]. * * * B ec 
noir, roussatre en dessous a sa base.” Both species occur in Java. The 
size would indicate C. micropterus rather than C. ajpnis, to which latter 
C. striatus is assigned by Dr. Jerdon. 
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