276 CTJCTJLID^. 



a, b. cJ ad. ; c. Noumea, New Caledonia, March, Seebolim Coll. 



$ ad. sk. June, July {E. L. Luyarcl). 



d. d! ad. ; e, f. Moindu, Oct., Nov. (K L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



$ ad. sk. ■ 



g, h. (S ad. sk. Port de France, May, June (J. Voy. H.M.S. 



McGillivray). ' Rattlesnake.' 



/. Ad.sk. New Caledonia (</. ilfcGiV/Zwa?/). Seebohm Coll. 



(Types of species.) 



8. Cacomantis simus. 



Cuculus simus, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 134, pi. 37. fig. 1 (1848) ; 



Hartl. Arch. /. Natiirg. xviii. p. 106 (1852) ; Cass. U. S. Expl. 



Exped. p. 245, Atlas, pi. 21. %. 2 (1858) ; Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Is. 



p. 35 (1859) ; Layard, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 426; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. Wales, i. p. 30 (1875) ; Finsck, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 729 ; id. 



Hep. Voy. ' Ckallenyer,' ii. p. 43 (1883). 

 Cacomantis simus, Cab. ^^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 25, note (1862). 



Adult male. Very similar to 0. hronzinus, but scarcely so large 

 and with a decidedly broader and slightly shorter bill : " bill dark ; 

 iris cofFee-colour ; legs yellow " {E. L. Layard). Total length 

 10-3 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 5, tail 5-4. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male. 



Hal. Fiji Islands and New Hebrides. 



«, 6. d $ ad. ; c. Eewa, Fiji Islands, Jan., Feb., Tweeddale Coll. 



5 juv.sk. March {E. L. Layard). 



d. S ad. sk. Bua {E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Ad.sk. Kandavu. Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 



lenger.' 

 y. Ad. .sk. Taviuni {E. L. Layard). Seebolim Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Taviuni (Liardet). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. $ ad. sk. Port Pesolution, New Hebrides, Seebohm Coll. 

 Aug. (/. McGillivray). 



9. Cacomantis infuscatus. 



Cuculus infuscatus, Hartl. Ibis, 1806, p. 172 ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Faiai. 

 Centr. Polynesieyis,]). S\, Tp\. v. fig. 1 (1867); Gray, Iland-l. B. 

 ii. p. 21?, no. 9030. 



Male {nearly adidt). General plumage brownish black ; head, 

 neck, lower back, and tail darker than the mantle and wing, which 

 are slightly glossed with olive ; a white patch on the edge of the 

 wing next to the median scries of coverts ; chin and throat brownish 

 black ; breast paler and rather more ashy, a few of the feathers 

 with white bars; under surface of the wings dusky brown, 

 with the greater portion of the coverts white, with some rather 

 narrow dark bars ; a large white patch on the inner webs of the 

 quills forming a broad diagonal bar separated from the white spot on 

 the first primary : " bill, upper mandible horny brown, lower one 

 yellow ; iris brown ; legs yellow " (E. L. Layard). Total length 10-2 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing, 4-9 tail 5-4, tarsus 0-8. 



Immature male. Differs from the adult in having all the feathers 



