330 ctjculidyt;. 



1. Scythrops novse-liollandise. 



Psittaeeous Hornbill, PhUl. Vorj. Botany Bay, p. 165, pi. (1789). 

 Anomalous Hornbill, J. White, Journ. Toy. N, >S. Wales, p. 142, 



pi. (1790). 

 Scythrops novse-liollandise, Lath. Ind. Oni. i. p. 141 (1790); lU. 



Pradr. p. 204 (1811) ; VieiU. K. Diet. xxx. p. 456 (1819) ; Bonn. 



S,- Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 1427 (1823); Temm. PI. Col. 200 



(1824) ; Vieill lS- Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 27, pi. 39 (1825) ; Vig. ^• 



Horxf. Trans. Linn. Soe. xv. p. 306 (1826) ; Less. Man. Orn. ii. 



p. 128 (1828) ; id. Traite, p. 128, pi. 23. fig. 1 (1831) ; Lafi: May. 



Zool. 1835, Ois. pi. 37; Kiister, Orn. Atlas, pt. 15, pi. 4 (1838); 



Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 461 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 90 



(1848); id. Litrod. B. Austr. p. 08(1844) ; Echb. Voq. Neuholl. ii. 



pp. 119, 309 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 97 (1850): id. Coiisp. Vol. 



Zyyod. p. 4 (1854) ; Wall. Ibis, 1860, p. 147 ; Grai/, P. Z. S. 



1860, p. 359; Cab. Sr Heine, Miis. Hein. iv. p. 56 (1862); Wall. 



P. Z. S. 1863, p. 482 ; Bosenb. Natiirh. Tijdsch: Kederl. Ind. 



XXV. p. 229 (1863); id. J. f. 0. 1864, p. ll7 ; Schl. Mus. Pays- 



Bas, Cuculi, p. 36 (1864) ; Finsch, Neu-Gidnea, p. 159 (1865) ; 



Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 628 (1865) ; Bosenb. Beis. naar 



Zuidoo.s^fereil. p. 82 (1867) ; Gray, Uand-l. B. ii. p. 221, no. 9078 



(1870): Wald. Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 51 (1872); Bosenb. Beist. 



naar Geelvinkb. p. (1875) ; S'alvad. i^- d'Alb. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



vii. p. 813 (1875) ; Bamsay, Journ. Linn. Soc. y. S. Wales, i. 



p. £94 (1876) ; Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 374 (1876); 



Sha>-pe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. p. 492 (1878) ; Bamsay, Pr. 



Linn. Sue. ]\^. S. Wales, \u. p. 258 (1878); Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. xiii. p. 462 (1878), xiv. p. 614 (1879) ; Bamsay, Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. Wales, iv. p. 90 (1879) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 13 ; 



Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. pp. 628, C86 (1879) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 447; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 67; Sahad. Orn. 



Papuasia etc i. p. 372 (1880): Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. 



xvi. p. 428 (1882); Finsch, Viiy. Siidsee, p. 16 (1884j; Meyer, 



Sitzb. nat. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, Suppl. i. p. 18 : Guilleni. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 549 ; Blasius, Zcitschr. yes. Orn. ii. p. 200 (1885) ; 



Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 15 (1888) ; Sahad. Agy. Orn. 



Papuasia, p. 52 (1889). 

 Australian Channel-Bill, Lath. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 90, pi. 124 (1801) : 



id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 300, pi. 32 (1822). 

 Scytlirops australasifp, Shaw. Gen. Zool. viii. p. 378, pi. 50 (1811); 



Steph. op. cit. xiv. p. 95 (1820). 

 Scythrops goerang, Vieill. N. Diet. xxx. p. 456 (1819) ; Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. p. 1427 (1823). 

 Scythrops australis, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 299 (1837). 

 Cuculus prffisagus, Beinw. MS., fide Bp. Consp. i. p. 97 (1850). 

 Scythrops novse-hoUandiae, var. prsesagus, Briiyg. Abhandl. nat. 



Ver. Brem. v. p. 56 (1876). 



Adult male. Entire head and neck imiform pearl-grey ; remainder 

 of the upper parts darker olive-grey, ■with broad bro-wnish-Llack ends 

 to all the feathers of the back and wings, giving a rather irregular 

 mottled appearance to these parts ; tail with a broad subterminal 

 brownish-black bar and a white end, very narrow on the two 

 centre feathers and broader on the remainder ; body greyish white, 

 slightly paler than the throat and with traces of broad bauds on the 



