116 CUCULID^. 



p. 159 (1900) ; Cam2]hen, Nests ^- E<jgs Aiistr. Birds, ii. p. 5G8 

 (1901). 



An egg of the Fan-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is of a narrow 

 blunt oval shape, moderately glossy, and of a white colour, thickly 

 speckled with pale chestnut and lilac-grey. It measures -88 by '6. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



Cacomantis variolosus (Horsf.). 



Cacomantis vaiiolosus, Slielln/, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 272 (1891); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 1(J0 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests lij- £ffffs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 572, pi. 17 (1901). 



An egg of the Square-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is of a 

 blunt oval shape and moderately glnssy. It is white, marked, 

 chiefly in the form of a zone round the broader end, with spots of 

 pale rufous and lavender. It measures 'I'd by '56. 



1. Wellington, New South Wales, 12th Crowley Bequest. 



Dec. (with two eggs of Rhijii- 

 dura albiscapa). 



Cacomantis insperatus (Gould). 



(Plate II. fig. 9.) 



Cacomantis insperatus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 273 (1801); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171, taf. iv. fig. 45 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 160 (1900). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Papuan Cuckoo, are of a 

 narrow oval form, moderately glossy, and of an olive-brown colour, 

 marked at the broader end with a few minute specks of darker 

 brown. They measure respectively : "8 by '56 ; '79 by '51. 



They are hardly separable from the eggs of Cacomantis bronzinus 

 and Chalcococcyx plagosus, but they differ altogether from the 

 specimen figured by Herr Nehrkorn (/. c). The authenticity of 

 these eggs, therefore, requires confirmation. 



2. S.E. New Guinea (with 3 eggs Ilerr Weiske [C.]. 



of Todopsis cya7iocephala). 



Cacomantis bronzinus ( Gray). 



Cacomantis bronzinus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 275 (1891); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 160 

 (1900). 



An egg of the New Caledonian Cuckoo in the Collection is almost 

 elliptical in shape, moderately glossy, and of a plain olive-brown 

 colour. It measures '8 by '53. This specimen closely resembles 

 the eggs of C. insperatus, described above. 



1. Noumea, New Galedonia (with two Crowley Bequest, 

 eggs of Vseuddf/erygone Jtaiilate- 

 ralis: E. 1j. Lnyard : Tri.ftram 

 Coll.). 



