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The following is an enumeration of the foster-parents of the Pallid 

 Cuckoo, as far as are kuown at present, namely; — 



Ijv Whom Fiust 

 Vernacular Name. Scientific Namk. Recorded ur 



Reported. 



Yellow-eared Honeyealer 



White-plumed „ 



Yellow-tufted 



Yellow- faced ,, 



Fuscous ,. 



Yellow-throated 



White-eared 



White-uaped 



Brown-headed 



Black-headed ,, 



Strong-billed 



Wattle-Bird 



Brush Wattle Bird 



Spinebill 



Friar Bird 



iFiner . . 



Brown Honeyeater 



New Holland Honeyeater 



Hooded Robin 



Dusky ,, .. 



Yellow-breasted Shrike Rob 



Oriole 



Rufous-breasted Thickhead 



White-throated ,, 



Black and White Fantail 



Brown F'lycatcher 



Leaden Flycatcher 

 Wood Swallow 

 White-browed Wood- 

 Swallow 

 Masked Wood Swallow 

 White-rumped Wood 



Swallow 

 Grey Shrike Thrush . . 

 Magpie Lark . . 

 White-shouldered Calerpil 



Catcher 



White-fronted Chat .. 



Ptilotis lewini .. .. A. J. North. 



P. penicillata .. .. A. J.C. 



P. auricomis . . . . Dr. l^amsay. 



P. chrysops . . . . ,, 



P. fusca . . . . . . ,, 



P. fiavigularis . . . . A. E. Brent, Tas. 



P. leucotis .. .. C. French, jun. 



Melithreptus lunulatus Dr. Ramsay 



M. brevirostris . . G. E. Shepherd 



M. melanocephalus .. A. E. Brent, Tas. 



M. validirostris . . . . ,, 



Acanthocha-'ra carunculata L Palmer 



A. mellivora. . .. .. A. J.C. 



Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris A. J. C. 



Philemon corniculatus 

 Myzantha garrula . . 

 Glycyphila ocularis 

 Meliornis nova; hollandia; 

 l-'etroeca bicolor 



P. vittata 



Eopsaltria australis 

 Oriolus viridis 

 Pachycephala rufivenlris . . 

 P. gulturalis . . 

 Rhipidura tricolor 

 Microeca fascinans . . 



Myiagra rubecula .. 

 Artamus sordidus . . 



A. superciliosus 

 A. personatus 



Messrs. Barnard, Q. 



A. J.C. 



Messrs. Barnard, Q. 



G. E. Shepherd 



J. T. Gillespie 



F. H. Reed 



Robt. Hall 



A. J.C. 



Messrs. Brittlebank 



H. Lau, g. (Oct., 



1868) 

 G. E. Shepherd 

 J. T. Gillespie 



A Campbell, jun. 

 G. E. Shepherd 



A. leucogaster . . . . Messrs. Barnard, Q. 

 CoUyriocincla harmonica.. Messrs. Brittlebank 

 Grallina picata .. .. J. Sommers 



Lalage tricolor 

 Ephthianura albifrons 



G. E. Shepherd and 

 A J. C. 



W. Whhe. 



It will appear from the foregoing list of foster-parents of the Pallid 

 Cuckoo that the Honeyeaters are the most favoured tribe, but in every 

 case birds that construct an open nest are selected. 



To the list must be added the introduced birds, the Greenfinch 

 (Ligurinus chloris), and Blackbird ( Tardus meruhi), for Mr. Charles 

 French, jim., writes me; — "An egg of the Pallid Cuckoo was taJien 

 in the nest of the Greenfinch, at Albert Park (near Melboiu'ne) on the 

 24th November, 1894. I also found an egg of tlie Pallid Cuckoo some 

 time ago in the nest of the EngUsh Blackbird, in the same park." I 

 had heard previously of the Greenfinch being a foster-parent, which is 

 remarkable, seeing that the Finch is a seed-eater, or nearly so. How- 

 ever, although the egg is deposited in the Finch's nest, we have no 

 evidence that it rears the young Cuckoo. 



