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Show 614 MR. R. B SHARPE ON THE CUCULID.E [June 17, Coua madagascariensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 109 (1850); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 62 (1861) ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 392. Sericosomus gigas, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 72, note (1S62). Adult male. Above olive-brown, a little paler on the hind neck, the secondaries uniform with the back ; primaries dark brown, externally shaded with ashy; tail-feathers blackish, washed with metallic green near the base, and broadly tipped with white, the two centre feathers not brownish at base, washed with olive-green, shading into blackish towards the tip, which is not white; sides of face and eyebrow black ; throat and cheeks buffy white ; chest dull ochraceous ; breast clear rufous; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts blackish ; " orbital space indigo-blue, except at the lower part of the exterior angle, which is violet rose-colour; tarsi black; iris red" (Grandidier). Totallength 21 inches, culmen 1*4, wing 8*6, tail 12*3, tarsus 2*45. Hab. Moroundara, S.W. Madagascar (Grandidier). 5. SERICOSOMUS COQUERELLI. Coua coquerelli, Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 86 (descr. orig.) et p. 391 ; Gray, Hand-1. ii. p. 208 (1870). Adult male. Above olive brown, slightly inclining to greenish, the secondaries of the same colour as the rest of the back; primaries brown, externally shaded with ashy white; tail black, slightly glossed with greenish, broadly tipped with white, the two centre feathers olive-green like the back, but more metallic; above and below the eye a line of black feathers ; chin fulvous white ; throat and sides of neck dull ochraceous ; fore neck and chest clear rufous ; breast lilac ; abdomen, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts dusky brown, shaded with lilac ; " orbital skin clear blue, with a shade of violet rose-colour at the external corner; tarsi black; iris red" (Grandidier). Total length 15*5 inches, culmen 0*9, wing 5*9, tail 9, tarsus 1*75. Adult female. Similar to the male, but not so brightly coloured, especially on the under surface, where the rufous on the breast is much less developed. Hab. Mouroundara, S.W. Madagascar (Grandidier). 6. SERICOSOMUS RUFICEPS. Coua ruficeps, Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. 454, pl. cxv (1846); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 61 (1861) ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 391 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208 (1870). Sericosomus ruficeps, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 73, note (1862). Adult female. Above olive-brown, tinged with metallic green, especially on the secondaries; the primaries dull greenish above, ashy below ; hind part of neck slightly inclining to greyish ; upper tail-coverts and two centre tail-feathers dull lilac-brown, the latter very slightly shaded with olive-green, rest of tail-feathers purplish blue, tipped with white, the outermost more broadly ; crown of head dull |