272 CTTCTJLrD.B. 



z^. c? ad. sk. Makassar (A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



«'. Ad. sk. Temate. Seebohm Coll. 



¥, c^. Skeletons. Java. Purchased. 



'3. Cacomantis variolosus. 



(Juculus variolosus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. ;jOO (18:^(3) ; 



Graj/, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847). 

 Ouculus tymbonomus, S. Miill. Ver/i. Nat. Ge.ick. Land- en Volk. 



p. 177 (1839-44) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 217, no. 9024 (1870) ; 



Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 6 (1875); Ramsai/, Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. Wales, vii. p. 21 (1881) ; id. Tab. List, p. "15 (1888). 

 Cuculus dumetorura, Gould, P. Z. S. 184o, p. 19 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 



in text. pi. 87 (1848) ; id. Lifr. B. Austr. p. 67 (1848) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847): Rchb. Viig. Neuholl. ii. pp. 115, 309 



( 1850) ; Grmj, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 195 ; id. Cat. B. Netv Guin. 



p. 60 (1859) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 217, no. 9031 (1870). 

 Cacomantis dumetorum, Bi). Con.tp. i. p. 103 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. 



Zt/ffod. p. 6 (1854) ; Cab. ^- Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 24 (1862) ; 



Gould, Handb. B. Axtstr. i. p. 620 (1865_} ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. p. 257 (1878), iv. p. 96 (1879) ; Salvad, Bns, 



1879, p. 321. 

 Cacomantis tvmbonomus, B2}. Consp. i. p. 104 (1850) ; id. Consp. 



Vol. Zyyoa. p. 6 (1854) ; Cab. Sf Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 22 (1862) ; 



Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484 ; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 159 (1865) ; 



Wald. Tr. Z. 8. viii. p. 54 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xili. p. 458 (1878) ; D'Alb. ^- Salvad. op. cit. xiv. p. 13 (1879) ; 



Fmsch, Vd(j. d. Sildsee, p. 16 (1884) ; Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 551 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 340 (1880), Agg. p. 49 



(1889). 



Adult male. Somewhat similar to G. merulinus, but with the 

 upper parts browner, with barely a trace of grey on the head and 

 rump and none on the tail, which has an olive gloss ; undcrparts 

 pale ashy very slightly washed with rufous buff, under tail-coverts 

 pale rufous buflf : " bill black ; the mandible paler ; feet olive- 

 yellow ; iris whitish '" (IfAlbertis). Total length 8'5 inches, 

 culmen 0*8, wing 4'8, tail 4-4, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in plumage. 



Hah. Australia and Timor ; Xew Guinea and the Molucca 

 Islands. 



a. Juv. sk. Australia, India Museum. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Imm. sk. Queensland. Seebohm Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Moreton Bay. Tweeddale Coll. 



<Z. Juv. sk. Cape Upstart, May. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



e,f. Ad.sk. Cape \ork {Cockerell ^- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Thorpe). 



(J, h. cS 2 f *!• ^^- N.W. Australia ( W. H, Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Boivyer Boiver). [P-]- 



i. $ ad. sk. Victoria River, N. W. Aus- J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



tralia, Feb. 



A-w. Ad. etjuv. E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



