8. OACOMAXTIS. 275 



Adult (type of species). Above deep slaty blue, with a slight olive 

 gloss on the wings ; a white patch on the pinion-joint ; tail-feathers 

 all tipped with white, and notched or partially barred with white 

 on tlie inner webs ; sides of head deep grey like the crown ; nnder- 

 parts bright chestnut with the chin grey : under wing-coverts rufous, 

 fading into white at the bend of the wing and becoming dusky 

 brown near the quills ; quills dusky brown, with a large white 

 patch on the inner webs, forming a bar on the under surface of the 

 wing. Total length 9 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 4-:), tail 4-9, 

 tarsus (>7. 



The sexes are similar. An immature bird from Xew Guinea, no 

 doubt belonging to this species, resembles C. meritlinus in that 

 plumage. 



Hab. Xorthern Australia to Xew Guinea and the Aru Islands. 



7. Cacomantis bronzinus. 



Cuculus (Cacomantis) bronzinus, Gytn, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 164. 

 Cuculus bronzinus, Gray, Cat. li. Troji. /s. p. iJo (1859) ; Vcrr. 6,- 



Des Mur.% jRcv. cf Maq. Zool. 1860, p. 391 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. 



p. 217, no. 9028 (1870)! 

 Cacomantis bronzinus, Cah. ^- Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 26 (1862) ; 



Layard, Ibis, 1877, p. 362. 



Adult male. Above deep slate-colour, with an olive gloss on the 

 mantle and wings ; a white patch on the pinion-joint ; outer tail- 

 coverts with a few marginal white spots, while a partial rufous edging- 

 is generally visible ; tail-feathers all tipped with white and notched 

 with white most strongly on their inner edges, these white marks 

 gradually increasing towards the outer feathers, where they become 

 more or less well-defined broad bars across the inner webs ; sides of 

 the head grey ; underparts bright chestnut, often mottled with grey on 

 the chin and throat : under wing-coverts rufous, fading into white at 

 the bend of the wing and becoming dusky brown near the quills ; 

 quills dusky brown, with a large white patch on their inner webs 

 forming a bar on the under siirface of the wing : " bill dark horn 

 colour; iris crimson; legs brown ochre" {E. L. Lai/ard). Total 

 length 9-7 inches, culmen 0-85, wing .5-5, tail 4-1, tarsus OS. 



Adult female. .Similar in plumage to the male : " iris red-brown " 

 (E. L. Layard). Total length 10 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 5-5, 

 tail G, tarsus 0-8. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in h.i\ing the breast irregularly 

 barred with white and brown. 



Ila}>. Xew Caledonia. 



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