r 2i'5 ^ 



{Mii». ITcin. iv. p. 20) have first been !;nilty of it. Tlirir quotation, and also 

 the one in the ](>;/. B. six. p. 2fil, most likely copied witliont veritieation, is 

 wrong, because the name Columba jiallitia is first given in the fml. Orn. Sxppl. 

 p. Ix (ISt)l) and not in the Si/n. SiippL ii. \\ 27i>, where it is only called the 

 " Pale Pigeon." There is hardly anything in Latham's description that refers to 

 the cnckoo in qnestion ; but what disagrees most is the description of the tail, 

 which is said to be " very pale or whitish " with " the two middle tail-feathers 

 dusky," and that of the wings. 



Mr. Tnuney sent two youun; spec-imens : — 



6, 111. iii. 1902, Derby (No. 164()). 



?, 27. iii. 1003, South Alligator River (No. 1241). 



125. Cacomantis variolosus (Horsf.). 



Cmidm ritrlolnsiix Horsfield, Tnins. Linn. Snr. Lmnl. xv. p. MOO (182G : Australia). 



c? ad., ciinght in jungle at Kaparegoo on the South Alligator River, 0. x. lOO,*? 

 (No. 1644). 



S ad., shot in the river bed. Alligator River, 19. x. 1903 (No. 1647). 



1 juv., Nigri River, East Kimberley, 22. v. 10(12 (No. R. 488). 



" Iris light brown, feet dull yellow, bill black above, dull yellow below."' 



126. Misocalius palliolatus (Lath.). 



Ciieiilm palVmhUux Liitham, Iml. Oni. Snp/il. ii. p. xxx (1801 : Australia). 



(?;ad., Margaret River, Northern Territory, 14. viii. 19(12 (No. R. 653). 

 ?'ad., Nigri River, East Kimberley, 22. v. 1902 (No. R. 4.s7). 

 '\Iris dark brown, feet and bill blackish."' 

 (J, Alligator River, 3(i. ix. 10(13 (No. 1604). 



127.;^Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsf). 



CiKiilus busiilk Horsfield, rniiis. Linn. Sor. Lyml. xiii. p. IT'.l (1821 : Australia). 



?, Nollagine Road, 13. iv. 1901 (No. R. 131). 



(? ad., Wynne, Derby, November 1901 (No. R. 29.5). 



128. Eudynamis lorientalis cyanocephalus (Lath.). 



Cucidus cyauocejihih's Latham, /n,l. On,. Snppt. ii. p. .SO (isol : Australia); cf. Nor. Zoo!. 1003, 

 pp. 235-8. 



1 c?, Weeda Creek, W. Kimberley, 24. xi. 19(il (No. R. 278). 



1 ?, Derby, 15. iii. 1002 (No. 1645). 



c? ? , South Alligator River, 25, 26. xi. 1902 (Nos. 7.54, 814). 



7 (JcJ ad., 4 ? ¥ ad., 1 t? juv.. Eureka, .January and February 1903 (Nos. 10ii6 

 to 1010, 1013 to 1015, 1057,51058, 1122,tH23). 



There is much variation in the colour of the adult /««/(-.<, these being sometimes 

 more greenish, sometimes quite blue. 



