. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 18. CENTEOPUS. 349 the inner half of the wings. Total length 18 inches, culmen 1-7 wmg 8-3, tail 9-G, tarsus 2a A specimen of this very distinct species marked " Ccntropas piu- pureus, was purchased many years ago from theLaugier Collection, llie habitat attached to tlie specimen was " Mindanao," hut recent explorers in that island have failed to re-discover the species, and the locality is probably erroneous. I have found a second specimen m the Museum from .Sumatra, obtained in that island by Sir S Kafflcs and this is probably th
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 18. CENTEOPUS. 349 the inner half of the wings. Total length 18 inches, culmen 1-7 wmg 8-3, tail 9-G, tarsus 2a A specimen of this very distinct species marked " Ccntropas piu- pureus, was purchased many years ago from theLaugier Collection, llie habitat attached to tlie specimen was " Mindanao," hut recent explorers in that island have failed to re-discover the species, and the locality is probably erroneous. I have found a second specimen m the Museum from .Sumatra, obtained in that island by Sir S Kafflcs and this is probably the correct habitat of the species. I nave adopted the MSS. name of purimreus, though I cannot find that it lias ever been mentioned in print. llab. Sumatra. tiff [Sumatra.] Laugier Coll. 0. Ad. sk. Sumatra (Sir S. Raffles). India Museum. 10. Centropus viridis. ^TmS)^''''^ ^^'^"tig'iaj ^onn, Voij. JVouv. (iuin. p. I2i, pi, 60 Cuculus viridis, Scoj). Del. Fl. Faun. Inmb. ii. p. 89 (1786) Cuculus a^gyptius, Gm. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 420, vars. &, v (1788) Coucou des Philippines, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 369 (1770) ⢠JDaichent. Fl. Enl. 824 (1783). v "^;, Polophilus viridis, Steph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 55 (1815). Centrococcyx viridis. Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein, iv. p. HO note %n>ft:, 4 't ^'''â 'â \9"^^>Wr; h. p. 15 (1880;; Wurdlaw jTf,' {^$ TweecklalesOrn. IMs, p. G58 (1880); Katter, T- Vi> \ . i'.^- ^'''' ^^'^'H'^^mai-d, F. Z. 8. 1885, p. 257- Steere List Birds ^- Mamm. Steere Exped. Fhilipp. p. 12 (1890). ' Adah male. Genei'al plumage glossy greenish black, \Mth the v;th??;^"l"'"1^^''''"^ °'"" ^"'^"^' ^-'^-' --^^^^ -^^'his with .trong glossy shafts ; primaries with broad brown ends ; inner secondaries washed with brown ; under wing-coverts greenish black' w h a few of the greater ones rufous: " bill blackish ; lower man dible eaden grey; legs darkest shade of leaden grey; ris crimson" [^i ^-tfr^s ''-
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