CACOMANTTS. CHRYSOCOCCYX. CHALCOCOCCYX. 1 ? 7 



Cacoinantis passerinus ( J'aJil). 

 (Plate 11. fi-. It'.) 



Cuculus psisserimis, Leggp, Birch Cryton, p. 235 (1878). 



Caconiantis passerinus, Oatp)! ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 385 

 (ISiJO) ; Shellei/, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 277'(1891) ; Blunf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 216 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii". p. 160 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Inrlian Plaintive Cuckoo are almost elliptical in 

 shape, slightly glossy, and of a pale blue colour, sparingly spotted 

 and blotched with pale reddish brown and lilac-grey. Two examples 

 measure respectively: ^ti by -ol ; -78 by -bb. 



1. Kotagherri, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd Hume Coll. 



Sept. (Miss Cockhurn). 

 1. Kotagherri, 26th Sept. {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



Genus CHRYSOCOCCYX, Boie. 

 Chvysococcyx klaasi (Steph.). 



Cuculus klaasi, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 155 (1875-84). 

 Chrysococcyx klaasi, Shellei/, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 283 (1891); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eie.rsamml. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 161 



(1900) ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 28. 



An egg in the Collection, attributed to Klaas's Cuckoo, is nearly 

 elliptical in shape and moderately glossy. It is cream-coloured, 

 very densely freckled Avith greyish brown over the whole surface. 

 It measures •74 by '5. 



1. Potchefstroom, Transvaal {T. Ayres: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristrajn Coll. ) . 



Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.). 



Chrvsococcvx cupreus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 153 



'(1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 407, 1879, ^. 297 ;' Shelley, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xix. p. 285 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 161 (1900) ; Haagner, Ibis, 1901, 



p. 16 ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 26. 



An egg, said to be that of the Golden Cuckoo, is nearly an 

 ellipse in shape and is moderately glossy. It is of a bluish-white 

 colour, spotted and mottled with greyish brown and lavender. It 

 resembles some eggs of Passer doniesticns. It measures -9 by 'G. 



1. y, atal {T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CHALCOCOCCYX, Cah. 



Chalcococcyx maculatus {Gm.). 



(Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Cuculus maculatus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 238 (1878). 



Chalcococcyx maculatus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests <§■ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



