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CUCULID^. 



p. 387 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 291 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 161 (1900). 

 Chrj'sococcyx maculatus, Blanf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 222 

 (1895): 



An egg, attributed to the Indian Emerald Cuckoo by Mr. Hume, is 

 almost a perfect ellipse in shape and possesses a fair amount of 

 gloss. It is of a brownish-pink colour and measures -8 by -62. 



1. Leboug, Sikhira, 12th July Hume Coll. 



(i. Mandelli). 



Chalcococcyx basalis {Horsf.). 



Chalcites lucidus {nee Gin.), Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 460. 

 Lamprococcyx basalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 626 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 359, pi. xxvii. fig. 2 ; North, Nests ^ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 247, pi. xiii. tig. 13 (1889). 

 Chalcococcyx basalis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 294 (1891) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 162 



(1900) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 576, pi. 17 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo are of a narrow 

 elliptical shape, slightly glossy, and of a pinkish-white colour, 

 thickly speckled all over with reddish brown. They measux'e from 

 •68 to '79 in length, and from '5 to "53 in breadth. 



5. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



1. New Soutb Wales. Crowle}' Bequest. 



1. Dobioyde, N.S.W. (i?. P. i?a??i,s«y ; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristrayn Coll.). 



1. Bogan River, N.S.W., 30th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(with 3 eggs oi Malurus cyaneus). 



2. Victoria {E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Victoria, 1st Jan. W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



1. Yarra River, Victoria, 22nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A.J. Noiih). 



1. Melbourne, 7th Dec. (with 3 eggs Salvin-Godman Coll. 



of Acanthiza chrysorrhoa : IV. 

 Bridger) . 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



Chalcococcyx lucidus {Gm.). 

 (Plate II. fig. 5.) 



Chrysococcyx lucidus, Potts, Tr. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 65 (1869) ; Btilkr, 

 Birds Nexo Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 132 (1888). 



Chalcococcyx lucidus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 295 (1891) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammf. p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 162 

 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests 8,- Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 580 (1901). 



An egg of the Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo in the Collection is of 

 an ordinary oval shape and faintly glossy. It is pale greenish blue. 



