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Show 1871.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 395 456. CUCULUS FLAVIVENTRIS, Scop.; Sonn. Voy. t. 79. Cuculus hyperythrus, Gould, B. of As. pt. viii. Mr. Gould figures a bird said to have come from Shanghai; but the only bird that I can find in the British Museum answering to this description is labelled " Manilla." I included this species in my former catalogue (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265) in the belief that I had an immature specimen of it from Shanghai; but this last I now find belongs to the following species. It is not, improbable, however, that this species may occur in China. 457. CUCULUS MICROPTERUS, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 137. Cuculus affinis, A. Hay, J. A. S. B. xv. 18 (large variety). Cuculus michieanus, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. vi. 4th series, p. 153. This very distinct species may at once be recognized by its brown back, wings, and tail, the latter with a broad black bar at the end, connecting the subgenus Hierococcyx with the true Cuckoos. It is almost divisible into two varieties, of larger and smaller form; but these do not differ in notes according to Jerdon, nor indeed are they constant in size. I found the species on the Upper Yangtsze in company with the C. sparver-oides, but not so common. Our birds are of the large form. They were very noisy, flying from tree to tree in an agitated manner, and uttering notes which are well syllabled in its Bengalese name, Bou-kotdko. I have an immature bird of the same from Shanghai, as noted under the foregoing-species (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265). 458. CUCULUS CANORUS, L.; Ibis, 1860, p. 62, 1863, p. 96; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 319, 1863, p. 264. Cuculus striatus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340 (in part). This bird occurs in the mountains of the south in spring, extending northwards to Pekin. During its migration we meet with it on the plains. Its note is precisely that of the home bird, and I can detect no constant peculiar characters in its plumage to entitle it to separation from the European bird. 459. CUCULUS POLIOCEPHALUS, Lath. Hist, of B. iii. p. 181. Cuculus himalayanus, Gould, Cent. pl. 54 (hepatic plumage); P. Z. S. 1863, p. 265. Cuculus tamsuicus, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 108. A miniature of the last. I have specimens frcm Tamsuy (N.W. Formosa), Amoy, and Szechuen. 460. CUCULUS STRIATUS, Drapiez, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. ; Ibis, 1862, p. 263. Cuculus himalayanus, Vig.; Jerd. B. of Ind. p. 323. Cuculus striatus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 259, 340 (in part.). Cuculus tenuirostris, Temm. |