11. CHALCOCOCCTX. 297 



7. Chalcococcyx plagosus. 



Cucuhis jaagosus Lath. Ind. Oni. ii. Suppl. p. 31 (1801) • Vieill 



Nouv. TMct. xnu p. 2:^8 (18J7) ; M. Enc. Meth. p. 1*32 (18^3 



Gmj/, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 flsJ7). ^ ^ ^^ ' 



Ctictilus lucidus, 7V;»>«. («ec Gm.), PL Col 10± fio- ] aS-H\ 



tHiculus clialciles /%, m ;)/,,,. Berol. ; r««„i. A CW. 10^; iio- 2 



(1847); "' P- ^^-^(l^^l); fo.„y, 6v«. ^. ii. p. "463 



( Juculus metallicu.s, 77r/ 4- Horsf. Tr. Li,w. Soc. xv. p. 302 (1826) • 

 Grai/, Gen. B. 11. p. 463 (1847) ' ^'o^u; , 



Chrvsu^^ccyx lucidus My^/, /. .4 . ,S'. 5«, ,. xv. p. 54 (1846); id. 

 Cat B.Mvs A,. Hoc. p. 73 (1840); Gould, B. Austr iv pi 89 

 centre iig. (1848) ; id. Introdr. B. Austr. p. 67 (ISAS) iichbv£ 



Cuciilus versicolor, Grmj, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847) 



Ghalcites lucidus ^;,. Comp. Vol. Zygod p. 7 (1854); 7V/-. c?- i)e. 



l> i.t,. ms, lb,!» p. 181 ; Zcn/ard, Ibis, 1880, pp. 230, 800 

 CLrysococcyx cbalcites, ZicM. Nonu-ucl. Av. p. 7§ (1854 

 Lamprococcyx lucidus pt., Cab. 4- Heine, J/ J Hein. iv. p.' 14 (1862)- 



-S-oc. tN. 6. If «/P., ui. p. 250, IV. p. 06; Salvad Ibis, 1870, p 3->l 

 Lamprococcyx p aji^osus, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. 1. 623 (1865 )'• 



Cucidus lemmiuckii, G.-«y, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 219, no. 9048 (1870). 

 Lhalci^s plagosu.s 7^,,«,^y, Tr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, In. ^ IIQ 



i 19?' -;••?• V5-'\^'^'-]' ""• P- -1 (^^«-)' *'W.'7^,>/880, 

 p. 128 ; Iristr. Ibis, 1882, pp. 1.38, 143. ' ' 



^cZ«7nH«?, Very similar to C. lucidus, but differs in having the 

 b 1 shghter ; the crown and back of neck not green, but of a dark 

 tTree nZ" = the penultimate tail-feather with rather more rufous, 

 three lufous blotches being generally very distinct. Total lenHh 

 b-2 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 4, tail l>-9, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male 



isla^; ^;^l\'^'^^'^'""?"^^*^'"*^'-^'" New Guinea and the adjacent 

 islands to the bolomon Archipelao-o. 



«, 6, r. Ad. St. Australia. v;;,. r z-..^, ru n 



d. Ad. St. Australia. Tvc^.mI ^ ^^■ 



e. Ad. sk. Australia J .. Gould, Esq. 



-j-u.uaim. Linnean SocK'ty. 



f \d sk A„,t r ('''-^'P® "^ ^' "'^fcllio's, V. & H.) 



J. --iu. sh. Australia. o:_ n n m -\ 



n AH Jl- J' ^..■'I . ,. Iweeddale Co 1. 



J. Ad.sk. South Australia. Uould Coll. 



r Ad t v-'^"-*- ^^°"W foil, 



r. Ad.sk. Victoria. ScobohmtV.il. 



