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Show 616 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE CUCULIDAE [June 17, Consp. i.p. 109 (1850); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1861); Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 390 ; Schl. & Pollen, F. M. Ois. p. 56 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208 (1870). Coua reyaudi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846, lapsu). Sericosomus reynaudi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th.iv. p. 73(1862). Adult. Above metallic green, duller on the hind neck and interscapular region, more bronzy ou the wings and lower back ; quills purplish blue, the secondaries externally greenish, and the innermost bronzy green ; middle tail-feathers bronzy green, the outer ones deep bluish, those nearest the centre of the tail more washed with green externally; crown bright tawny, forming a cap ; sides of face blackish ; ear-coverts slightly washed with green ; lower surface of the body cindery grey, with a slight greenish tinge in certain lights ; sides of body and under wing-coverts dull metallic green ; " tarsi greyish; orbital space pure indigo-blue near the beak and above the eye, underneath and at the external angle bluish white ; iris dark brown " (Grandidier). Total length 15 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 5*6, tail 8*5, tarsus 1*7. Young. Of a greenish rufous, with metallic reflexions ; all the wing-feathers, except the primaries, broadly bordered with rufous maroon; lower parts of a greyish black, more or less strongly washed with rufous according to age (Grandidier). Hab. North-east and north-west of Madagascar. The description is taken from a specimen in the Leiden Museum. 10. SERICOSOMUS CJERULEUS. Le Coucou bleu de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 156, pl. xiii. fig. 1 (1760); Montb. Pl. Enl. vi. pl. 295 (1783). Cuculus cceruleus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 171 (1766). Le Coucou tait-sou, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. v. p. 69, pl. 218 (1806); Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 48 (1858). Polophilus cceruleus, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 56 (1815). Coccyzus cceruleus, Bonn. & Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1348 (1823); Vieill. & Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 31, pl. 41 (1825); Less. Traite', p. 139 (1831). Coua ceerulea, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 454 (1846); Bp. Consp. i. p. 109 (1850); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 60 (1861); Roch & E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 167 ; E. Newt. /. c. p. 453 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 164 ; A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 834 ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 390; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 55 (1868); Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 208 (1870). Glaucococcyx cceruleus, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 71 (1862). Cua ceerulea, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Cuculi, p. 46 (1864). Adult. Head, which is crested, and body above and below dull bluish, more dusky on the lower back, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; quills, upper tail-coverts, and tail greenish blue, shaded with purple and violet; " orbital skin ultramarine blue ; tarsi black ; iris brown" (Grandidier). |