678 THE BIRDS OF LORD HOWE AND NORFOLK ISLANDS, 



COCCYGES. 



405(M). 54.CUCULUS inornatus Vigors & Horsfield. 

 Pallid Cuckoo. 



Cacornayitis pallidus Latham; Ramsay, p. 37. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island (visitor only). (Australia generally^ 

 Tasmania). 



406(M). 55.CAC0MANTIS RUFULUS Vieillot. 



Fan-tailed Cuckoo. 



C acomantis Jlahelliformis Latham; Ramsay, p. 37. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island (visitor only). (Australia generally,. 

 Tasmania, Aru Is.). 



411(M). 56.CHALC0C0CCYX LUCiDUS Gmelin. 



Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo; Greenback(IS".I.), 



Chalcites plagosus Latham; Ramsay, p. 37. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island. (E. Australia^ 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, Chatham Is., Macquarie Is.). 



This Cuckoo is by no means common on either island, and, so- 

 far as I could ascertain, it has no local name at Lord Howe 

 Island. I have not heard of its breeding at the latter island, but 

 an egg was taken by Dr. Metcalfe in the nest of Pseudogerygone 

 modesta at Norfolk Island. I saw one bird only there, but a 

 correspondent, writing under date 8th August, 1909, stated that 

 several flocks of "greenbacks" had just arrived. 



415a(M). 57.EUDYNAMIS taitensis Sparrm, 



Long-tailed Cuckoo; Sparrow Hawk, or Home Owl(N.I.). 



Eudynamys taitensis, Ramsay, p. 37. 



Hah. — Lord Howe (accidental), and Norfolk Island. (Ne-wr 

 Zealand, Ellice Is., Tahiti). 



The Long-tailed Cuckoo is very common at Norfolk Island 

 during the spring and summer months, and its shrill cry is^ 

 frequently heard about dusk. The local residents regard it as a 

 bird of prey, hence its name of " Sparrow Hawk," on account of 



